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University of Georgia founded
The University of Georgia was the birthplace for higher education. Abraham Baldwin and William Few were two of the leaders of the University of Georgia. -
Capital Moved to Louisville
By March 1796 the capital building was complete. Louisville was designated the "seat of government." -
Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
Eli invented a simple machine that influenced the history of the United States. The cotton gin was a machine that speed up the process of removing seeds from the cotton. -
Yazoo Land Fraud
The Yazoo Land Fraud was one of the most significant events post Revolutionary War, in Georgia. Georgia governor George Matthews signed the Yazoo act. -
Dahlonega Gold Rush
Benjamin Parks was walking through the woods in North Georgia and he kicked a stone over and it turned out to be gold.Thousands of miners swamped to Georgia. -
Worcester v. Georgia
This was a case between Samuel Worcester and Georgia criminal statue. The case was about Non-Native Americans being on Native American land without a license. -
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Trail of Tears
The trail of tears was apart of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal act. The Cherokee nation was forced to give up their land and head west. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was federal statute devised by Henry Clay. It regulated slavery in the country's western territories. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850.Which defused a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states. -
Georgia Platform
The Georgia Platform was a settlement executed by a Georgia Convention in Milledgeville. The platform had significance throughout the south. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by Congress on May 30, 1854. This act allowed people in Kansas and Nebraska to decided whether or not to allow slavery. -
Dred Scott Case
The case was brought to the U.S Supreme Court by Dred Scott. Dred Scott was a slave that lived with his owner in a free state before returning to a slave state. -
Election of 1860
The United States presidential election was held on November 6, 1860. Which Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, and Constitutional Union candidate John Bell. -
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Union Blockade of Georgia
In Georgia, the Union strategy centered on Savannah. Beyond Savannah, the Union forces generally focused on securing bases of operation on outlaying coastal islands. -
Battle of Antietam
The army of Potomac mounted a series of powerful assaults against Robert E. Lee's forces.The morning attacks and vicious Confederate counterattacks went back and forth through Miller's Cornfield. -
Emancipation Proclamation
It was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln. It purported to change the legal status of more than 3 million enslaved people. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The battle was in and around Gettysburg Pennsylvania. It was between the Union and Confederation forces during the Civil War. -
Battle of Chickamauga
This battle was the most significant Union defeat in the Western Theater. It was the first major battle of war fought in Georgia. -
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Andersonville Prison Camp
Andersonville was a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp. Most of the site lies in southwestern Macon County. -
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Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
The Atlanta was a series of battles fought in the Western Theater. Sherman's goal was to capture Atlanta and cut off the Confederation supply lines. -
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Sherman's March to the Sea
Sherman's march to the sea is also known as Savannah's campaign. This was a military campaign of the American Civil War. -
Freedman's Bureau
Freedman's Bureau was a U.S federal government agency. It was established in 1865 to aid freed slaves. -
Thirteenth Amendment
It was passed by congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6,1867. This meant amendment abolished slavery. -
Ku Klux Klan Formed
Six Confederate veterans from Pulaski, Tennessee created the original Ku Klux Klan on December 24, 1865. This happened during the reconstruction of the South. -
Henry McNeal
Henry McNeal was a minister, politician, and the 12th elected and consecrated bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a pioneer in Georgia in organizing new congregations of the independent black denomination. -
Fourteenth Amendment
This amendment grants citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States. This includes all the former slaves that were freed during the civil war. -
Fifteenth Amendment
It was passed by Congress on February 26, 1869, and ratified on February 3, 1870. This amendment gave African American men the right to vote.
