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The Mississippian Indians were the most advanced civilization. The stayed in one place(village) due to advanced agriculture. These Indians had first contact with Europeans.
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He is a Spanish explorer and a conquistador. He became the first European to cross the Mississippi River. He began his career at age 14 as a explorer.
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Oglethorpe was a visionary, social reformer, and a military leader. He led the expedition to Georgia and founded Savannah. He befriended the Yamacraw Indians.
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The Charter of 1732 gave the colonist the right to own and govern Georgia and to act as a buffer to South Carolina. King George II issued the charter. The colony was named Georgia in honor of King George.
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King George II offered 300 Sulzburgers refuge in Georgia, which Pastor Johnn Bolzius accepted. They established the first Sunday school, the first orphanage, and built the water-driven Grist Mill in Georgia. They founded the town Ebenezer, which is now Effingham Country.
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The Highland Scots sailed on the Prince of Wales to Georgia. They were solders and provided a buffer between Georgia and the Spanish in Florida.
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It started because Britain started raising its taxes. It is also known as the U.S. War of Independence.
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The loyalist got attacked by a rebel group while crossing a river. The leader James Boyd traveled to Georgia to recruit southerners for the British military.
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It took place in the Pennsylvania State House. The purpose of the convention was to decide how America was going to be governed.
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George Washington chaired the constitution. 55 delegates made a new governing system which included 3 small branches. In Philadelphia Georgia elected 6 delegates to be in the Constitutional Convention, only 2 signed the final document.
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Austin was a slave until he joined the Georgia military and he fought during the Revolutionary war. He was granted freedom because of services. He was believed to be the only African American solder to fight in the Battle of Kettle Creek.
