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Period: 15,000 BCE to 8000 BCE
Paleo
The human settlement of Georgia was during the most crucial and dramatic periods of climate change in recent earth history, towards the end of the Ice Age. Elephants, Camels, Horses, and plant communities got a change of location. -
Period: 8000 BCE to 1000 BCE
Archaic
The Archaic time span lasted about 7000 years. It was seperated into 3 main subperiods; Early, Middle, and Late. Each subperiod had difficulties and threats to the people of their own. -
Period: 1000 BCE to Oct 20, 900
Woodland
In the early subperiod everything depended on what season it was, how much people struggled with food, how many people died, if people died. The middle subperiod was a dramatic increase in rituals and ceremonalism. During the late subperiod, mound construction was diminished. -
Period: Oct 19, 900 to
Mississippian
The development of the most complex societies that have ever existed in North America was seen. Mississippians spent most of their lives outdoors where they also grew beans, sunflowers, sumpweed, etc. -
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James Wright
James Wright was the third and last royal governor of Georgia, serving from 1760 to 1782. He was born in England, London to Isabella and Robert Wright. He went to South Carolina in 1730 when his father was appointed chief justice of the colony. -
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Henry Ellis
Henry Ellis was born in 1721 and died in 1805 and was also a author, explorer, and colonial governor of U.S. state of Georgia and Nova Scotia. -
Salzburgers arrive
Archbishop Firmian of Salzburg, sent out twenty thousand Protestants who followed the teaching of Martin Luther King. 300 of these immigrants accepted the invitation of the Georgia Trustees to settle in a new Colony in Georgia. -
Charter of 1732
The first 20 years of Georgia history are known as 'Trustee Georgia' because during that 20 years, a Board of Trustees governed the colony. King George signed a charter establishing the colony and making its governing board on April 21, 1732. -
Highland Scots Arrive
A group of Scottish Highlanders sailed from Inverness, Scotland, bound for Georgia. They got off on the northern bank of the Altamaha River, where they founded New Inverness—later named Darien—60 miles south of Savannah. -
Georgia Founded
Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe in 1788, after years of planning and 2 months crossing the atlantic. He and 114 colonists climbed 40 feet up the bluff from the Savannah River -
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John Reynolds
John Reynolds lived from September 20, 1820 to July 1, 1863 and served as the Royal Governor of the Province of Georgia from 1754 to 1757. He had education from the United States Military Academy. He was battles and wars such as the American Civil War and the Second Battle of Bull Run. -
Hernando de Soto
Hernando de Soto was the first European to explore the interior of, what is now, Georgia. There are two historical markers representing Soto's time in Georgia -
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American Revolution
One of the most respected military men from this time is, Nathanael Greene. He led our side to victory with his brilliant campaign that ended the British occupation of the south.