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Period: Jan 1, 1000 to
Mississippian Indians
The Mississippian Indians were the most advanced civilization. They stayed in one place (villages) due to advanced agriculture. These Indians ha first contact with Europeans. -
Sep 5, 1540
Hernado de Soto
De soto was born in 1500 and he died May 21, 1542. He was the first European to travel deep in to modern-day america. His route was through Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, And Arkansas. -
Charter of 1732
The charter of 1732 was signed by king George in 1732, and this officially created Georgia. -
Oglethorpe Arrives
Oglethorpe landed in Yamacraw Bluff in 1733. The reasons Oglethorpe started a new colony was because of Charity, Defense, And Economics -
Salzburgers Arrives
the reason Salzburgers came to Georgia was because they where kicked out of Europe for not being catholic. Oglethorpe accepted the salzburgers. Ebeneezer was there first settlement but they couldn't live off of it because of the mosquitoes. So Oglethorpe took them to another place and they called it New Ebeneezer. And the Salburgers had religious freedom from Europe. -
Highland Scotts arrive
The highland scotts were recruited to come to Georgia. The scotts came from the highlands of Scottland thus giving them the name of the Highland Scotts. They where strong soldiers, unafraid, and they where able to live off the land. Where they settled they called it Darien. The purpose of the highland scotts were to help protect the colony in case the Spanish in Florida where to attack. -
Austin Dabney
Austin Dabney was a slave who fought against the British in the American revolutionary war. He was born a slave in Wake County, North Carolina, sometime in the 1760s. He moved with is master, Richard Aycock, to Wilkes County, Georgia, in the late 1770s. -
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The American Revolution
The American Revolution is also known as the American Revolutionary War and the U.S. War of Independence. The conflict arose from growing tensions between residents of Great Britain’s 13 North American colonies and the colonial government, which represented the British crown. -
Battle of Kettle Creek
The Battle of Kettle Creek was a major encounter in the back country of Georgia during the American Revolutionary War. It was fought in Wilkes County about eight miles from present-day Washington, Georgia. -
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 Constitution
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.
