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Period: Jan 1, 1000 to
MISSISSIPPPIAN
The Mississippian culture was a mound-building Native American civilization archeologists date from approximately 800 CE to 1600 CE, varying regionally The Mississippian way of life began to develop in the mississippi River Valley -
May 21, 1542
Hernando de soto
Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern day U.S. He is the first European documented as having crossed the Mississippi River -
Charter of 1732
The first twenty years of Georgia history are referred to as Trustee Georgia because during that time a Board of Trustes governed the colony. England's King George signed a charter establishing the colony and creating its governing board on April 21 1732. -
Salzburgers Arrive
The Georgia Salzburgers, a group of German-speaking Protestant colonists, founded the town of Ebenezer in what is now Effingham County. Arriving in 1734, the group received support from King George II of England and the Georgia Trustees after they were expelled from their home in the Catholic. -
Highland Scots Arrive
Scottish Highlanders On this day in 1735, a group of Scottish Highlanders sailed from Inverness, Scotland aboard the Prince of Wales, bound for Georgia. They disembarked on the northern bank of the Altamaha River, where they founded New Inverness later named Darien 60 miles south of Savannah. -
Battle of Kettle Creek
The Battle of Kettle Creek February 14, 1779 was a major encounter in the back country of Georgia during the American Revolutionary War. It was fought in Wilkes County about eight miles 13 km from present-day Washington, Georgia. -
American Revolution
The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783. The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies won independence from Great Britain, becoming the United States of America. Wikipedia -
Oglethorpe Arrives
Oglethorpe and the first colonists arrived at South Carolina on the ship Anne in late 1732, and live near the present site of Savannah, Georgia on 1 February 1733. -
Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention took place from May 25 to September 17, 1787, in the old Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
Georgia Ratifies Constituion
No one knew, but it was sure to be a tough fight. Georgia called a special convention in Augusta to consider the proposed charter. The delegates voted unanimously to ratify the new U.S. Constitution, the fourth state to do so, on January 2, 1788, Today in Georgia History. -
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.
