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Jan 1, 1513
Set Sail For Bimini
The Puerto Rico governor named Juan Ponce de Leon he set sail to find the island Bimini and ended up in the easten Florida. -
Jan 1, 1539
Searching For Gold
Another spanish explorer Hernado de Soto landed in Florida he was searching for gold. -
Period: Jan 1, 1539 to Jan 1, 1540
He Was Looking For Gold
Another spa.nished expolorer Hernando de Soto Landed in Florida he was searching for gold -
Jan 1, 1565
Spanish Found A City In Florida
The spanish founded a city that became St. Augutine on the east coast of Florida. -
Sail The Rivers And Lakes
Robert La Salle headed an expedition that sailed thourgh the Great Lakes and down the Mississippi valley and all the rivers that flow into the Mississippi for his king Louis 14 of France. -
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The Move
This trade was very importen around the same time conficts grew between the the settlers and the Native Americans. They were forced to give up there land and move farther westward, away farther westward, away from the settles. -
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The New Untied States
The newly formed Untied States goernment tried to help end these conflits, President George Washington encouraged the Cherokee to stop hunting and to focus more on farming instead. -
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Forming A New Goverment
The Cherokee decided that forming a new goverment would help them hold onto thier land they wrote a constitution in 1827 -
Gold Was Found
Gold was found in Dahlonega a town in northern Georgia. -
Settlers Wanted There Land
Cherokee land in 1828 settlers were even more determined to forced the Cherokee off their lands. -
Railroad Center
Atlanta started as a failroad center in 1837 -
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln who was running for president. -
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After The Civil War
After the Civil War the suth began to rebuild it was called reconstruction. -
Atlanta Became a Capital
Atlanta became a capital of Georgia after the Civil War. -
Black And White People
Many southeastern states enforced "Jim Crow" laws separating white and black people in public places this is known as segregation. -
The New Capital Building
The new capital building was dedicated on July 4, 1889.