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Period: 15,000 BCE to 7000 BCE
Paleo
The paleo people were moving to island to island looking for huge animals. Paleo people are sometimes called Clovis people. -
1500 BCE
Hernando De Soto
The 16th-century Spanish explorer and conquistador Hernando de Soto arrived in the West Indies as a young man and went on to make a fortune in the Central American slave trade. De Soto embarked on a major expedition in 1538 to conquer Florida for the Spanish crown. -
1000 BCE
woodland
They lived in the forests near lakes or streams, which is why they're called Eastern Woodland IndiansThe Eastern Woodlands Indians were native American tribes that settled in the region extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Mississippi River. -
800 BCE
Archaic
Many Archaic people were eating a lot of the animals.Archaic could speak in greek language. -
Period: 800 BCE to 1600 BCE
Mississippian
It was the last prehistoric culture in north america. The culture was based on intensive cultivation of corn (maize), beans. -
Georgia Founded
It was established in 1733, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies.Georgia's capital has not always been Atlanta. Its first capital was in the city of Augusta. -
Charter of 1732
The first twenty years of Georgia history are referred to as Trustee Georgia because during that time a Board of Trustees governed the colony.One restriction was that they (the settlers) couldn't own large amounts of land. -
Salzburgers Arrive
Their arrival in Georgia on this date in 1734 heralded the beginning of one of the most culturally distinctive communities in Georgia. The Salzburgers’ deep spirituality, strong work ethic, and independent spirit served the community well. -
Elijah Clarke/kettle Cr.
Among the few heroes of the Revolutionary War from Georgia, Elijah Clarke was born in 1742, the son of John Clarke of Anson County, North Carolina.Clarke served in the Georgia Militia during the American Revolutionary War. -
John Reynolds
Reynolds’ time as governor was marked by controversy and disappointment. He openly stated that he would gladly leave the colony as a soon as a more profitable venture presented itself, and he executed the duties of his office more like a naval commander than a civic servant. -
Henry Ellis
Henry Ellis replaced the unpopular John Reynolds as Georgia’s second royal governor, and colonists found him fair and competent. Ellis settled the land disputes of Mary Musgrove Bosomworth, which had long caused friction between Georgians and the Creek nation. -
James Wright
James Wright, born in London in 1716, came to South Carolina as a teenager when his father became the colony’s chief justice.When the American Revolution began, Wright had to make a terrible choice. He served the English crown, but he loved his Georgia neighbors -- there was never any doubt what side he would choose. -
American Revolution
The American Revolution is also known as the American Revolutionary War and the U.S. War of Independence.France entered the American Revolution on the side of the colonists in 1778, turning what had essentially been a civil war into an international conflict. -
Austin Dabney
Austin Dabney was a slave who fought against the British in the American Revolutionary War.He was born a mulatto slave in Wake County, North Carolina, sometime in the 1760s. -
Highland Scots Arrive
In October 1735, a band of Highland Scots, recruited from the vicinity of Inverness, Scotland, by Hugh Mackay and George Dunbar, sailed from Inverness on the Prince of Wales. This is why General Oglethorpe had no problem finding plenty of Highlanders in Scotland who were eager to immigrate to his new colony of Georgia. -
Constitutional Convention
In September 1786, at the Annapolis Convention, delegates from five states called for a Constitutional Convention in order to discuss possible improvements to the Articles of Confederation.The original purpose of the Constitutional Convention was to revise the Articles of Confederation ratified by the states in 1781. -
Georgia Ratifies Constitution
Georgia called a special convention in Augusta to consider the proposed charter.The convention, chaired by George Washington, had the authority to revise the Articles of Confederation.