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Period: Jan 1, 1000 to
Mississippian
The mississippian is a subperiod in georgia time scale or a subsystem of the geolagic record good at building -
May 21, 1542
hernando de soto
He was 14 yrs old when he started exploring. Hernando de soto was was in jezz de caballeros,spain. In early 1330s, while on francisco pizarro's expedition, de soto helped conquer peru. -
Charter of 1732
Te first twenty years of georgia history refereed to as trustee governed the colony . King George signed a charter in April 21,1732. -
oglethrope Arrives
Oglethorpe and the first colonists arrived at South Carolina on the ship Anne in late 1732, and settled near the present site of Savannah, Georgia on 1 February 1733. -
Salzburgers Arrive
Their arrival ingeorgia on this date in 1734 herraled the beginning of one of the most culturally distinctive communities in georgia. -
highland scots arrive
On this day in 1735, a group of Scottish Highlanders sailed from Inverness, Scotland aboard the Prince of Wales, bound for Georgia. They disembarked on the northern bank of the Altamaha River, where they founded New Inverness later named Darien 60 miles south of Savannah. -
Austin Dabney
Austin Dabney was a slave who fought against the British in the American Revolutionary War. He was born a mulatto slave in Wake County, North Carolina, sometime in the 1760s . He moved with his master, Richard Aycock, to Wilkes County, Georgia, in the late 1770s. -
the 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 Convection
The constitutional Convection was signed on September 17, 1787, by delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Under America's first governing document, the Articles of Confederation, the national government was weak and states operated like independent countries. -
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. -
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American revolution
The American Revolution is also known as the American Revolutionary War, and the U.S. War of Independence. The conflict rose from growing tensions between residents of Great Britain's 13 North American colonies and the colonial government, which represented the British crown.
