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Jan 1, 1000
paleo Period
Paleo Infromatin
They was the first indians to use a clovis point. They hunted large game. They made large game gp extencit, Hunted mammoth, groung sloth, saber tooth tigers, and other large game. -
Jan 1, 1000
archaic period
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/archaic-period-overview
lived in pithouses. Hunted small game. Used clovis point as a wepon. Hunted deer, turkey, fish, and rabbits -
Jan 1, 1000
woodland period
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/woodland-period-overview
First indians to use farming. Did alittle trade but not a lot. Lived in a rounded house. Hunted and grew corn, beans ,smaller gane. First to use bow and arrow -
Period: Jan 1, 1000 to
Mississippian Period
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/mississippian-period-overview
Formed cities also established governments. Had most advanced bow and arrows, First to live off ag. produxts. such as corn, beans, squash, and smaller game animals -
Nov 1, 1540
hernando de soto
www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/search/advanced/hernando%20de%20soto
The first European to explore the interior of what is now the state of Georgia was Hernando de Soto. In fact, De Soto entered the state on two occasions during the course of his expedition.Hernando de Soto was born about the year 1500 in Extremadura, Spain. As a very young man he participated in the conquest of Panama and Nicaragua, and later he played a major role in the conquest of the Incas in Peru. -
salzburgers arrive
One of the great displacements of people and migrations in European history occurred in 1731-32 when 20,000 Protestants were expelled from the country of Salzburg, which today is a province of Austria. Salzburgers living in mountain valleys and villages for two hundred years - since the time of the Reformation - had been "underground Protestants." Finally in 1731-32, they were forced to leave the land. This act of religious intolerance occurred when Archbishop Leopold von Firmian issued his Edic -
charter of 1732
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/trustee-georgia-1732-1752
james olorpe confided to his friend john lord viscount perciral that he intended to help release debtors begin a new life. twelve trusteees attended the first meeting in july 20, 1732. seven trustees bade farewell to settle as they left -
highland scots arrive
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighbor
The port town was established on the north branDarien is a coastal tidewater town about sixty miles south of Savannah, located at the mouth of the Altamaha River. The port town's origins can be traced to the earliest years of colonial Georgia.
Altamaha River, Darien
from Inverness, recruited by General James Oglethorpe to assist in the defense of the colony. The Scots were highly capable soldiers, among the finest in the world. -
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john reynolds
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/john-reynolds-ca-1713-1788
john reynolds was the first royal governor of georgia. john'smajor accomplisments was his self government. john's major error was his running of the colony alone. john got replaced by the king on feb. 16 1757 -
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henry ellis
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/henry-elllis-ca-1713-1788
was most liked govenor. was the secong royal govenor in georgia. ellis accomplioshed lots of things in his terms. he left cause of heat related illnesses -
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james wright
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/james-wright-1716-1785
he was georgias last royal govenor. he explaned farming and trade. he tried to move the capital away from savannah. he was the longest royal govenor. -
eliwhitney and the cotton gin
http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/cotton-gin-and-eli-whitney
In 1794, U.S.-born inventor Eli Whitney (1765-1825) patented the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. -
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autsin dabney
http://allthingsliberty.com/2013/07/austin-dabney-georgias-african-american-hero-of-the-revolution/
he was the first african american to go into war. he was a slave but people found out he was born from a white women and was free. -
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american revolution
http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/american-revolution-history
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. -
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eliijah clarke/ kettle creek
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/elijah-clarke-1742-1799
Clarke's name appears on a petition in support of the king's government in 1774. However, he subsequently joined the rebels and, as a militia captain, received a wound fighting the Cherokees in 1776. The following year, he commanded militia against Creek raiders. As a lieutenant colonel in the state minutemen, Clarke received another wound at the Battle of Alligator Bridge, Florida. -
university of georgia founded
http://www.uga.edu/
first state supported university in u.s. "land grant university" state provides land for free for purpose of college. Increased georgia's population. Because the increased population georgia became a smatter state. -
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capital moved to louisville
http://blog.exploregeorgia.org/capitals6/
capital moved cause of the population shift to western GA.When Georgia declared its independence from Great Britain in 1776, Atlanta did not exist. At that time, Indians occupied most of the state, and the Atlanta vicinity fell on the boundary line between the Creek and Cherokee Indians—the two principal Indian tribes in Georgia. -
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constitution convetion
By 1786, Americans recognized that the Articles of Confederation, the foundation document for the new United
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/convention1787.html
States adopted in 1777, had to be substantially modified. The Articles gave Congress virtually no power to regulate domestic affairs--no power to tax, no power to regulate commerce. -
georgia founded
janurary 2, 1788 james oglrthorpe founded the colony gerorgia. there were many idians located near that area. oglthorpe had asked permission of cheif tomochichi if they could settle their. oglethorpe wanted to name georgia after king george 2 -
georgia ratifies constitution
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/ratga.asp
Resolve, That a convention be elected on the day of the next General Election, and in the same manner as representatives are elected; and that the said Convention consist of not more than three members from each County. -
yazzo land fraud
The Yazoo land fraud was one of the most significant events in the post Revolutionary War history of Georgia. the Yazoo sale of 1795 did much to shape Georgia politics and to strain relations with the federal government for a generation. -
missouri compromise
http://www.history.com/topics/missouri-compromise
missouri was a slave state. Maine was a free stat. A line was drawn with missouris southern border, and anything north of that line was a free state. -
dahlonega gold rush
http://www.aboutnorthgeorgia.com/ang/Georgia_Gold_Rush
American Indians knew of the gold in the Appalachian Mountains long before the first Spanish Conquistadors set foot on the new lands. Miners traveled to the gold fields in the Blue Ridge Mountains -
worcester vs gerorgia
http://www.oyez.org/cases/1792-1850/1832/1832_2
Native Americans, were indicted in the supreme court for the county of Gwinnett in the state of Georgia for residing within the limits of the Cherokee nation without a license and without having taken the oath to support and defend the constitution and laws of the state of Georgia. -
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henry mcneal turner
www.pbs.org/thisfarbyfaith/people/henry_mcneal_turner.html
was a minister, politician, and the first southern bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church -
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trail of tears
http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/1161
The Trail of Tears was named as such by the Cherokee Indians who survived the forced march west from their native lands throughout Georgia and North Carolina. Hostility toward the Cherokees was not a foreign concept for the native people of Georgia. -
compromise of 1850
http://www.history.com/topics/compromise-of-1850
Keeps a balance of policies between the north and south. The compromise offered something to please both north and south. -
georgia platform
http://www.history.com/topics/compromise-of-1850
Charles J. Jenkins and adopted by a state convention at Milledgeville. The Georgia Platform consisted of a set of resolutions accepting the Compromise of 1850. -
kansas-nebraska act
http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/kansas.htm
making laws in kansas and nebraska. pro slavery settlers from missouri. Anti slavery from iwoa, the south supported this act but the northvdid not agree with it -
booker t washington
Educator Booker T. Washington was one of the foremost African-American leaders of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, founding the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, now known as Tuskegee University. -
dred scott case
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2933.html
was a slave, his owner moved to a free state. he tries to sue for freedom saying he should be free. Court said he was proprty so he did not win in his case -
election of 1860
http://www.tulane.edu/~latner/Background/BackgroundElection.html
kept slavery where it was all ready existed. georgia debated and umitatly decieded to leave. Abraham lincoln won the prediency -
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union blockade
stopped south from there cottonand supplies need for war. south started to starve. anaconda plan was to make south surrender. -
battle of antietam
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/antietam.html?tab=facts
bloodest one day battes. 23,000 soliders were killed. -
emanipation proclamation
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/emancipation-proclamation
As the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free. -
battle of gettysburg
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/gettysburg.html
was a turning point in war. was the bloodest battle battle with 51,000 casulties. located near pennsylvina -
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battle of chickamauga
www.civilwar.org/battlefields/chickamauga.html
general william rosecrans led troops but lost. later he brought more troops and made south return -
shermans atlanta campaign
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/atlanta-campaign
took 112,000 men to start. Started to slow down cause of roads and buildings got burned down. -
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shermans march to sea
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/shermans-march-sea\
they was moving to sea and burning everything in a path of 60 miles path. destroied farms, homes, crops, towns, and railroads. 100,000,000 million dollars worth of destruction -
13th admendment
www.history.com/this-day-in-history/13th-amendment-ratified
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted -
ku klux klan formed
Six college students founded the Ku Klux Klan between December 1865 and the summer of 1866 in the town of Pulaski, Tennessee -
WEB DuBois
recognized as a significant figure, for his pursuit of social justice, for his literary imagination, and for his pioneering scholarly research. He is read with profit today in the academic fields of sociology, literature, and history, and in the trans-disciplinary realms of urban studies and gender studies -
14th admenment
www.14thamendment.us/amendment/14th_amendment.html
The amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws, and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War -
15th admendent
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race -
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international cotton exposition
held at the current Piedmont Park in Atlanta, Georgia. Nearly 800,000 visitors attended the event. The exposition was designed to promote the region to the world and showcase products and new technologies as well as to encourage trade with Latin America -
andersonville prison camp
was a prision from war. Was a very nasty place. the jail was contaminated and 13,000 union soldiers deade are buried there. -
plessy vs. ferguson
U.S. Supreme Court case upheld the constitutionality of segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine. It stemmed from an 1892 incident in which African-American train passenger Homer Plessy refused to sit in a Jim Crow car -
john and lugenia hope
was born on August 2, 1868 in Augusta, Georgia to a bi-racial couple. His father, James Hope, was a Scottish immigrant and his mother, Mary Frances Butts, was a black woman, who had been free prior to the Emancipation Proclamation. -
alonzo herndon
born a slave on a walton county plantation. after civil war he worked with his former master. herndon learned how to be a barber. he hired african americancollege graduates to run the atlanta mutual insurance company -
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leo frank case
discovery of the body of a thirteen-year-old girl in the basement of an Atlanta pencil factory where she had gone to collect her pay check shocked the citizens of that crime-ravaged southern city and roused its public officials to find a suspect and secure a conviction. Unfortunately, it now seems, events and the South's anti-Semitism conspired to lead to the conviction of the wrong man, the factory's Jewish superintendent, Leo Frank. -
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world war 1
World War 1, also known as the First World War or the Great War and the War to End All Wars, was a world conflict lasting from 1914 to 1919, with the fighting lasting until 1918. The war was fought by the Allies on one side, and the Central Powers on the other. No previous conflict had mobilized so many soldiers or involved so many in the field of battle. By its end, the war had become the second bloodiest conflict in recorded history. -
car vinson
Carl Vinson, recognized as "the father of the two-ocean navy," served twenty-five consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Carl Vinson, recognized as "the father of the two-ocean navy," served twenty-five consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Carl Vinson
When he retired in January 1965, he had served in the U.S. Congress longer than anyone in history -
county unit system
overwhelmingly dominated by the Democratic Party, passed the Neill Primary Act.
Election day in Kingsland, Camden County, in the early 1960s, before the advent of voting booths. Georgia's elections were governed by the county unit system until 1962.
County Unit System
This act formalized what had operated as an informal system, instituted in Georgia in 1898 -
william b hartsfield
William Hartsfield was mayor of Atlanta longer than any other person. He was born in Atlanta in 1890 and began his long political career on the city council in 1922. He led the move to lease Candler Speedway in Hapeville for a landing field in 1925 -
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great depression
was an economic slump in North America, Europe, and other industrialized areas of the world. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world. -
benjamin mays
A distinguished African American minister, educator, scholar, and social activist, Benjamin Mays is perhaps best known as the longtime president of Morehouse College in Atlanta. He was also a significant mentor to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr -
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Civilian Conservation Corps
United States for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families as part of the New Deal. -
eugene talmadge
Georgia's 55th governor, he graduated from the University of Georgia, where he earned a LL.B. degree. He established a legal career and also farmed in Montgomery County -
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social security
provide for the general welfare by establishing a system of Federal old-age benefits, and by enabling the several States to make more adequate provision for aged persons, blind persons, dependent and crippled children, maternal and child welfare, public health -
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agricultural adjustment act
Farmers in America did well out of the New Deal. The farmers of America did not prosper in the so-called Roaring Twenties. They were simply too successful in that they produced far too much for the American market. With western Europe as a market effectively closed to them as a result of a tariff war -
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Rural Electrification
was one of the most important pieces of legislation during the era of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. It allowed the federal government to make low-cost loans to non-profit cooperatives for the purpose of bringing electricity to much of rural America for the first time -
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world war 2
A lot of events throughout the world led to the beginning of World War 2. In many ways, World War 2 was a direct result of the turmoil left behind by World War 1. Below are some of the main causes of World War 2 -
pearl habor
hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The barrage lasted just two hours, but it was devastating -
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holocaust
Anti-Semitism in Europe did not begin with Adolf Hitler. Though use of the term itself dates only to the 1870s, there is evidence of hostility toward Jews long before the Holocaust–even as far back as the ancient world, when Roman authorities destroyed the Jewish temple in Jerusalem and forced Jews to leave Palestine -
richard russell
Richard Russell and his team of talented analysts work daily to bring you the best of primary trend analysis, investor education and intelligent investing advice. -
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1946 govenors race
Eugene Talmadge died in late December 1946. When the General Assembly convened in January 1947, the immediate order of business was to fill the vacant governorship.
The Talmadge forces wanted the legislature to elect Herman Talmadge, while Thompson's allies lobbied for the General Assembly to declare Thompson the governor -
andrew young
Andrew Jackson Young is an American politician, diplomat, activist and pastor from Georgia. He has served as a Congressman from Georgia's 5th congressional district, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, and Mayor of Atlanta. -
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brown vs. board of education
Although the Declaration of Independence stated that "All men are created equal," due to the institution of slavery, this statement was not to be grounded in law in the United States until after the Civil War -
martin luther king jr.
was a Baptist minister and social activist who played a key role in the American civil rights movement from the mid-1950s until his assassination in 1968 Inspired by advocates of nonviolence such as Mahatma Gandhi, King sought equality for African Americans, the economically disadvantaged and victims of injustice through peaceful protest. -
herman talmadge
son of Eugene Talmadge, served as governor of Georgia
Herman Talmadge, son of Georgia governor Eugene Talmadge, took the governor's office briefly in 1947, and again after a special election in 1948. -
sibley commission
The Sibley Commission was the brainchild of Griffin Bell, Vandiver's chief of staff. In 1959 U.S. District Court judge Frank Hooper ruled unconstitutional Atlanta's segregated public school system and ordered it integrated -
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student non-violent coordinating committee
The idea for a locally based, student-run organization was conceived when Ella Baker, a veteran civil rights organizer and an SCLC official, invited black college students who had participated in the early 1960 sit-ins to an April 1960 gathering at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Baker encouraged the more than 200 student attendees to remain autonomous -
hamilton holmes and charlayne hunter to uga
features Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter on the campus of The University of Georgia. Holmes and Hunter became the first two African American students admitted to the University, one of many segregated southern institutions. -
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albany movment
According to traditional accounts the Albany Movement began in fall 1961 and ended in summer 1962. It was the first mass movement in the modern civil rights era to have as its goal the desegregation of an entire community, and it resulted in the jailing of more than 1,000 African Americans -
ivan allen jr
Ivan Allen Jr. served as mayor of Atlanta from 1962 to 1970.
Ivan Allen Jr. served as mayor of Atlanta from 1962 to 1970. He is credited with leading the city through an era of significant physical and economic growth and with maintaining calm during the civil rights movement. -
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civil rights act
speech broadcast live on national television and radio, President John F. Kennedy unveiled plans to pursue a comprehensive civil rights bill in Congress, stating, ‘‘this nation, for all its hopes and all its boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free -
march on washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963. Attended by some 250,000 people, it was the largest demonstration ever seen in the nation's capital, and one of the first to have extensive television coverage -
1956 state flag
On the eve of the Civil War (1861-65), Georgia did not have an official state flag. After the state's secession from the Union on January 19, 1861, there were several newspaper reports of secession flags consisting of a single star on a solid background -
atlants braves
The Atlanta Braves are a Major League Baseball (MLB) team in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Division of the National League. The Braves have played home games at Turner Field since 1997 and play spring training games in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. In 2017, the team is to move to SunTrust Park, a new stadium complex -
atlanta falcons
Falcons took the field at Atlanta Fulton County Stadium led by Coach Norm Hecker, for their first official game against the Los Angeles Rams. After the Rams jumped out to a 16-0 lead, the Falcons scored 14 points to get back in the game. However, the Rams would score a Field Goal, to ice a 19-14 win, dropping the Falcons to 0-1. The Falcons would go on to lose their first nin games before traveling to New York on November 20th where they beat the Giants 26-14. -
atlanta hawks
The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). They play their home games at Philips Arena in Atlanta -
maynard jackson elected mayor
as the first African American to serve as mayor of a major
Elected mayor of Atlanta in 1973, Maynard Jackson was the first African American to serve as mayor of a major southern city. Jackson served eight years and then returned for a third term in 1990.
Maynard Jackson
in 1990, following the mayorship of Andrew Young -
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jimmy carter in georgia
During his years of public service at the local, state, and federal levels, Carter's policies contained a unique blend of liberal social values and fiscal conservatism. He emphasized comprehensive reform and stressed efficiency and economy, advance planning, and rational organization. -
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1996 olympic games
Atlanta hosted the Centennial Summer Olympic Games, an event that was without doubt the largest undertaking in the city's history. The goal of civic leaders was to promote Atlanta's image as an international city ready to play an important role in global commerce -
lester maddox
The tumultuous political and social change in Georgia during the 1960s yielded perhaps the state's most unlikely governor, Lester Maddox. Brought to office in 1966 by widespread dissatisfaction with desegregation, Maddox surprised many by serving as an able and unquestionably colorful chief executive
