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Mar 23, 1540
Hernando de Soto Explores Georgia
In 1540, after marching North from Florida, de Soto and his 600+ men finally arrived at the border of Georgia near present-day Albany. The moved across the state in search of gold.Their mission was a total failure, but it changed the lives of the American-Indians forever. -
Sep 5, 1566
Spanish Missions on Barrier Islands
In 1566 the Spaniards moved up the coast from Florida to St. Catherines and Cumberland Islands. Later they established missions on St.Simons Island and at Sapelo at the mouth of the Atlamaha River -
Virginia Colony Established
Established by England in 1607 -
Massachusetts Colony Founded
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Fort King George Built
Built to protect the Southern Colonies from invasion of the Spanish -
Georgia Colony Founded
Founded with Charter of 1732, beginning the Trustee Period -
War of Jenkin's Ear
1739-1748 -
Battle of The Bloody Marsh
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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War (1754–1763) was the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War -
Stamp Act
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Townshend Acts
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Boston Massacre
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Intolerable Acts
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Battle of Lexington and Concord
Beginning of Revolutionary War -
Declaration of Independence
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Battle of Kettle Creek
Elijah Clarke led Georgia Militia to only victory -
Siege of Savannah
Patriots and French lost. British kept Savannah the whole war September 16, 1779 – October 18, 1779 -
Battle of Yorktown
End of Revolutionary War -
Articles of Confederation
First Government of America. Failed.
Ratified: March 1, 1781
Created: November 15, 1777 -
Treaty of Paris
Ended Revolutionary War -
Ratification of the US Constitution
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Invention of the cotton gin
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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Missouri Compromise
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Dahlonega Gold Rush
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Indian Removal Act
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Nullification Crisis
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Compromise of 1850
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Dred Scott Case
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Election of 1860
Abe Lincoln Republican