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Period: Jan 1, 1000 to
Mississippian
The Mississippian Indians were the most advanced civilization. They stayed in one place( villages) due to the advanced agriculture. These Indians s had first contact with Europe. -
May 21, 1542
Hernando de Soto
Hernando De Soto was born 1500 in Jerez de los Caballeros, Spain. He went to North America were he discovered the Mississippi river. He took 10 ships with 700 men on the ships. -
Charter of 1732
It was called trustee during the first twenty years of Georgia. It was called this because at the time a Board of Trustees governed by the colony. In 1732 King George signed a charter to establish the colony and create a government. -
Oglethorpe Arrives
James Oglethorpe was born on December 22,1696 in London, England. He was the founder of the colony of Georgia. He hoped to worthy people from Britian in the New World. -
Salzburgers Arrive
The Salzburgers came to Georgia because they got kicked out of Europe. They were kicked out because the did not change their religion to Catholic. Oglethorpe was nice enough to let them settle in Georgia. -
Highland Scots Arrive
The Highlanders settled in in the north mainland and islands of Scotland. They moved in large organized groups directly from there homeland to thew North Carolina colony. They came to Georgia to protect the new colony from Spanish threats. -
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American Revolution
The American Patriots won in the thirteen colonies won the independence from Great Britain. This war was between the patriots and loyalist. The patriots wanted independence from British, but many patriots lost their lives because of the war. -
Battle of Kettle Creek
it was fought Wilkes County eight miles from present day Washington, Georgia. They begun this fight because Savannah was captured by British expeditionary. The Patriot Militia forces defeated the Loyalist militia. -
Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention too place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.The things that will be accomplished is to address the weak government. The main point is finding what kind of government they were going to be. -
Georgia Ratifies Constitution
They elected six Georgia delegates to the constitution convention. Only four went to it. Baldwin and William Few were the only Georgia delegates who signed the constitution. -
Austin Dabney
He was a slave who fought against the Revolutionary War. He moved with Richard Aycock in the 1700s. He was wounded in the war and Giles Harris took him in to care for his wound.
