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Jan 1, 1000
Paleo
This period took place 13,250 years ago in the southeastern enviroment. The paleo period was toward the end of the late Ice Age in the late Pleistocence epoch. -
Jan 1, 1000
Archiac
The Archiac Period lasted from 10,000- 3,000 years ago, this period is a long period so it's put in to three groups early, middle ,late. Early Archiac people were hunters and gatherers who lived in small groups. Middle Archiac are found in the upland settiongs in Georgia, not seen frequently. Late Archiac societies grew and people traveled long distances to trade goods. -
Jan 1, 1000
Woodland
The Woodland period lasted from 1000 B.C and 900 A.D. This period saw many trends began in the late Archiac period. These trends include social satifications, an elaboration of rituals and ceremonys and a intensificationof horticulture. -
Period: Jan 1, 1000 to
Mississippian
The Mississppian period in the midwestern and southeastern part of the U.S, that lasted A.D 800 to 1600. The Mississppian period most of the time they have spent the lives outdoors. Not only was the Missipian way of life was ajusting to there landscape but also was a social structure. -
Mar 3, 1540
Hernando de soto
Hernando de soto was the first european to explore the interior which is now Georgia. March 3, 1540 is when Hernando de soto and his army departed from Apalachee. By the end of the day had reached the inside of the sourthern border which is now Georgia. -
Charter of 1732
The Charter of 1732 was granted the charter on April 21,1732 and King George signed the charter June,7,1732. The charter granted an area of "all those lands", " Countries and Territories" between the Savannah and Altamah rivers. -
Highland Scots Arrive
James Oglethorpe founded the new Georgia colony at Savannah on February 12, 1733. He soon realized the need for military outposts to the south to protect the main settlement at Savannah. -
Salzburgers Arrive
The first group of Salzburgers sailed from England to Georgia in 1734, and then arriving in Charleston,South Carolina, on March 7 then to Savannah on March 12. The first group were met by James Oglethorpe the founder of the Georgia colony. -
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John Reynolds
Georgians welcomed Governor John Reynolds when he arrived from England on October 29, 1754. Georgia had it's first election in 1754 by branding the protestors as rebels. -
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Henry Ellis
Henry Ellis, the second royal governor of Georgia, has been called Georgia's second founder. Henry left Charleston,South Carolina and headed to Savannah, there were crowds of people that welcomed him as a deliver. Henry Ellis was forced to leave because of poor health in 1760. -
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James Wright
James Wright is the third and last royal governor. They appointed him after Henry Ellis was forced to leave because of poor health. He served as governor from 1760-1782. -
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American Revolution
American colonies emerged in the early mid 1770s and resulted the Revolutionary War. The revolutionary war lasted from 1755-1783.The colonies prospered under the royal rule. -
Elijah Clarke/Kettle Cr.
Elijah Clarke was a lieutenant colonel of militia, which Clarke led a rebel victory in Kettle, Georgia. Clarke led a frontier guerillas inflicting a heavy toll. After the war Clarke served in the state assembly from 1781-1790. -
Austin Dabney
Austin Dabney was a slave who became a private in the Georgia militia and fought against the British during the Revolutionary War (1775-83). He was the only African American to be granted land by the state of Georgia in recognition of his bravery and service. -
University of Georgia Founded
By the legislative approval of the charter, made UGA the first university to be established by a state government. That would become the American system of publicly supported colleges and university's -
Capital moved to Louisville
Commission appointed the legislative to find a new site for the capital in 1786. The building of the capital at Louisville was delayed by a lack of funds, the death of the contractor, and the rush to obtain and disburse Creek and Cherokee lands. -
Georgia Founded
Georgia is a southeastern U.S. state whose terrain spans coastal marshland and beaches to a wide stretch of farming. The capital of Georgia is Atlanta -
Constitutional Convention
During a special convection in Augusta, Georgia ratified the U.S Constitution. In addition to causing the problems of the Articles of Confederation's weak central government -
Georgia Ratifies Constitution
Georgia became the fourth state to be ratified by the U.S constitution. In November that year to assure conformity with the federal document, Georgia began a revision in the state's constitution in convection. -
Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney recieved a patent for his cotton gin, but it is not until 1807. Whitney and his partner miller didn't plan to sell his cotton gin. The cotton gin could generate 55 pounds. -
Yazoo Land Fraud
Georgia governor George Matthews signed the yazoo land fraud, which transferred 35 million acres in present-day Alabama and Mississippi. Yazooists, Georgia federal U.S senator James Dunn had arranged the distribution of money. -
Missouri Compromise
James Monroe signs the missouri compromise. Attempted to equalize the number of slaves-hollding states and free states in the country, allowing missouri into the union. -
Dahlonega Gold Rush
Despite, the popularity of claims, no documented of gold is found until august 1. No one is sure who made the first discovery or when it happened. -
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Trail of Tears
Cherokee vs Georgia was in 1831 when the supreme court ruled for Georgia in the case. The Cherokee were rounded up to travel to indian territory. The journey cultural memory 'trail where they cried" for the cherokees and other removed tribes. -
Worcester v. Georgia
The court struct down Georgia's entension law.In the majority opinion Marshall wrote that the Indian nations were "distinct, independent political communities retaining their original natural rights". -
Compromise of 1850
Is the name given to a series of congressional statutes enacted in September 1850. Concern grew over the possibility that southern states might secede, leading the union. -
Georgia Platform
Compromise of 1850, in a special state convention adopted a proclaim called the Georgia Platform. The 5 day convention drafted an official respone to the tensions of the union -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
In the early 1850s settlers and entrepreneurs wanted into a area known as Nebraska. Until the area organized as a territory settlers would not move there because they could not legally hold a claim on the land. -
Dred Scott Case
Majority responded by ruling the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional. Congress had no power to prohibit slavery in the territories. -
Election of 1860
John Brown was captured leading an attack on Harper Ferry in 1859. Brown's raid and his subsequent execution in December, incident cast an ominous shadow over preperations for the election of 1860. -
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Union Blockade of Georgia
The battle between ship and shore on the coast of Confederate Georgia was from (1861-1865). A pivotal part of the Union strategy to subdue the state during the Civil War. -
Battle of Antietam
Union victory, in that Lee withdrew to Virginia. Lee led his own army to Northern Virginia across the potomac into Maryland. -
Emancipation Proclamation
It transformed a war for union into a crusade for human freedom. Support grew for striking a blow against the institution that helped sustain the confederacy -
Henry McNeal Turner
In 1863 during the American Civil War, Turner was appointed as the first black chaplain in the United States Colored Troops. Afterward, he was appointed to the Freedmen's Bureau in Georgia. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Was the largest battle ever fought of the American Civil War. As well as the largest battle ever fought in North America, involving 85,000 men in the Unions army and 75,000 in the Confederacy's army of Northern Virginia -
Battle of Chickamauga
During the Civil War, Battle of Chickamauga began. A campaign brought union and confederate armies to Chickamauga in late June. -
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Andersonville Prison Camp
Started during the Civil War, a confederate prison was established in Macon County, to provide a large group of Union prisoners. The camp was named Camp Sumter, and then known as Andersonville, after the railroad in Sumter County.By summer in 1864 the camp held the largest population of time which would make it the fifth largest city in the Confederacy. -
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Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
This event took place in the spring and summer of 1864. Historians gave the name 'Atlanta Campaign' to the Civil War military operations in North Georgia. -
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Sherman's March to the Sea
The March began during the Civil War on November 15, 1864 in Atlanta and was concluded on December 21, 1864 in Savannah. William T. Sherman abandoned his supply line and marched across Georgia to prove to the confederate that the government could not protect the people from the invaders. -
Freedmen's Bureau
The Freedmen's Bureau, as it was more commonly known, was the first organization of its kind. A federal agency established solely for the purpose of social welfare. -
Thirteenth Amendment
William H. Seward adopted the amendment on December 18, 1865. It was the first of the three Reconstruction Amendments adopted following the American Civil War. -
Klu Klux Klan Formed
The KKK was formed as a social group in Tennessee. The Klan's goals included to defeat the Republican Party and the maintenance of absolute white supremacy in response to newly gained civil and political rights. -
Fourteenth Amendment
The amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws.Was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War. -
Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on the race,color, or previous conditions. It was the third and last amendment of the Reconstruction Amendments. -
International Cotton Exposition
Was a world's fair held in Atlanta, Georgia. The location was along the Western & Atlantic Railroad tracks near the present-day King Plow Arts Center development in the West Midtown area. -
Tom Watson and the Populists
On this platform he campaigned and won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Georgia's Tenth District, in 1890. in congess he pushed for legislationto enact various alliance goals. -
Booker T Washington
Was a black educator and spokesman who gave a speech known as the Atlanta Compromise. At the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta. Washington condoned social segregation of the races, provided that educational and economic opportunities were equal. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Was a landmark in the United States Supreme decision. Which was upholding the constitutionally of the state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of seperate but equal. -
Web DuBois
Before publishing The Philedelphia Negro, DuBois accepted a falculty at the Atlanta University.Du Bois's major work was his famous series of conferences and studies on black social conditions called the Atlanta University Studies. -
1906 Atlanta Riot
The Atlanta race riot was a mass civil disturbance in Atlanta. It was characterized at the time by Le Petit Journal and other media outlets as a "racial massacre of negroes". -
Carl Vinson
He was elected to Georgia House of Representatives in 1908. After losing a third term following redistricting he was appointed judge of Baldwin County. -
John and Lugenia Hope
Lugenia Hope was early-twentieth-century social activist, reformer, and community organizer. Who spent most of her time in Atlanta working for the improvment of black communities. John was an important African American educator and race leader of the early twentieth century. He became the first black president of the Morehouse College. -
Leo Frank Case
The Leo Frank case is one of the most notorious and highly publicized cases in the legal annals of Georgia. A Jewish man was accused of murdering and raping a thirteen year old girl for the National Pencil Company. -
County Unit System
Was established in 1917 when the Georgia legislature was dominated by the Democratic Party, passed by Neill Primary Act. This act was operated as an informal system instituted in Georgia in 1898, or votes by county in party primary elections. The county unit continued to be used in Democratic primaries for statewide office and selected U.S. House districts until the early 1960s. -
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World War I
The state was home to more training camps than any other state, by the war's end, it contributed more than 100,000 men and women. Georgia also suffered from the effects of the influenza pandemic, maritime disaster, political fights, and wartime homefront restrictions. -
Eugene Talmadge
Talmadge ran for the state legislative office unsuccessfully. A committee of the Georgia house recommended that Governor Richard B. Russell Jr. sue Talmadge to recover state funds. -
Alonzo Herdon
Was an african american barber and entrepreneur, alonzo was the founder of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company. One of the most successful black owned insurance businesses in the nation. -
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Great Depression
The beginning of the worst depression in the United States history. U.S president Franklin D. Roosevelt programs for economic relief and recovery, known collectively as the New Deal. -
Richard Russell
Richard Russell was a american politician from Georgia. He was a member of the democratic party, he briefly served as speaker of the Georgia house and as Governor of Georgia. -
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Holocaust
The Holocaust also known as Shoah, was a genocide which approximately six million jews were killed by Adolf Hitler's Nazi's. The killings took place in Nazi Germany and German occupied territories. -
Agricultural Adjsutment Act
This act was a United States federal law of the New Deal era which reduced agriculture production. It's purpose was to reduce crop surplus and therefore effectively raise the value of crops. -
Civilian Conservation Corps
Is a work relief program that operated from 1933-1942. In the United States for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families as part of the New Deal. -
Social Security
To provide for the general welfare by establishing a system. To establish the social security for federal old aged benefits and by enabling the several states to make more adequate provisions. -
Rural Electrification
This provided federal loans for the installation of electrical distribution systems. The funding was channeled through cooperative electric power companies, most of which still exist today. -
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William B. Hartsfield
William was a man that had humble orgins that ended up as the greatest mayor in Atlanta. He served as a mayor for 6 terms from (1937-1941) and (1942-1961) longer than any person in the city's history. -
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World War II
This was known as the second world war which was a global war that lasted from 1939-1945 though related conflicts began earlier. It involved a majority of the world's nations including all the great powers eventually forming two military alliances. -
Benjamin Mays
Best known as for the longtime president of Morehouse College in Atlanta. Benjamin Mays was a distinguished African American minister, educator, scholar, and social activist. -
Pearl Harbor
The attack on Peral Harbor known as the battle of Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor attack was a surprise military strike by Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor. -
1946 Governor's Race
Georgia's "three governors controversy" of 1946-47, which began with the death of governor-elect Eugene Talmadge, was one of the more bizarre political spectacles in the annals of American politics. Herman Talmadge as governor, Malvin Thompson as lieutenant governor, and Ellis Arnall as outgoing governor. -
Herman Talmadge
Herman Talmadge was the son of Euenge Talmadge that ran for governor in Georgia in 1947. In 1956 he was elected U.S Senate where he served until his defeat in 1980. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr., a Baptist minister and president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. It was the most prominent African American leader in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896, which allowed state-sponsored segregation, insofar as it applied to public education. -
1956 State Flag
In 1955 the Atlanta attorney and state Democratic Party leader John Sammons Bell began a campaign to substitute the square Confederate battle flag for the red and white bars on Georgia's state flag. Along with Bell, state senators Jefferson Lee Davis and Willis Harden, who were well known for their interest in Georgia's Confederate history, agreed to introduce legislation to change the state flag. -
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was one of the key organizations in the American Civil Rights moment of the 1960s. In Georgia the (SNCC) concentrated it's efforts on Albany and Atlanta. -
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter
Hamilton Holmes is best known for desegregating Georgia's universities.Charlayne Hunter-Gault holds a place in Georgia civil rights history as one of the first two African American students admitted to the University of Georgia. -
Sibley Commission
Governor Ernest Vandiver Jr., was forced to decide between closing public schools or comlying with a federal order to desegregate them, State Representative George Busbee introduced legislation creating the General Assembly Committee on Schools. On January 18,1961 Sibley Commission was adopted. -
Andrew Young
Andrew Young's lifelong work as a politician,human rights activist, and buisness man has been a responsible development of Atlanta's reputation as a international city. Andrew left being a pastor in 1961 then going to work with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the church centered, Atlanta based civil rights organization led by martin Luther King Jr. Young assisted in the orginization of "citizenship schools" for the SCLC. -
The Albany Movement
Was a desegregation coalition formed in Albany by the local activists, (SNCC), and the (NAACP). It was the first mass movement in the modern civil rights era to desegregate an entire community. -
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Ivan Allen Jr.
Ivan Allen Jr. served as a mayor in Atlanta from 1962-1970. He was credited with leading the city through a significant era with physical and economic growth and maintaining calm through the civil rights movement. -
March on Washington
Martin Luther King Jr. led the March on Washington for jobs and freedom in August 1963. It was the largest demonstration ever seen in the nation's capital, and one of the first to have a extensive television coverage. -
Civil Rights Act
Is a landmark piece of Civil Rights legislation in the U.S that outlawed discrimination based on race,color,religion,sex,or national origin.This was considered the crowning legislative achievements of the civil rights movement. -
Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons became the first professional football team in Atlanta and the fifthteenth National Football League franchise existence. After the first preseason game the falcons have became a mainstay in Atlanta's sport culture. -
Lester Maddox
The tumultuous political and social change in Georgia during the 1960s yielded perhap's the state's unlikely Governor, Lester Maddox. He was brought into office in 1966 by widespread dissatisfaction with desegregation, surprised many by serving as an able and unquestionably colorful chief executive. -
Atlanta Braves
After spending 77 years in Boston Massachusetts, then 13 years in Wisconson, the Braves moved to Atlanta to begin the 1966 major league baseball season. On April 12 the Braves played there first regular season before a sellout in the Atlanta Stadium of more than 50,000 fans. -
1996 Olympic Games
Atlanta hosted the Centennial Summer Olympic Games, an event that was the largest undertaking in the city's history. The goal of the civic leaders was to promote Atlanta's image as a international city ready to play a important role in global commerce. -
Atlanta Hawks
The Hawks (NBA) franchise and part of Eastern Conference's Southeast Division call Atlanta home ever since 1968. Playing at Phillip's Arena of downtown Atlanta, the Hawks join the Braves and the Falcons as sports teams in Georgia. -
Jimmy Carter in Georgia
Jimmy Carter was the only Georgian elected president of the U.S.,and held the office for one term (1977-1981). His public service included a stint in the U.S. Navy,two senate terms in Georgia General Assembly, and on term as Governor of Georgia (1971-1975) -
Maynard Jackson Elected Mayor
In Atlanta he was the first African American to serve as mayor of the city. Jackson served eight years and then came back for a third term in 1990, following the mayorship of Andrew Young.
