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Georgia History Timeline Project Checkpoint one

  • Period: Jan 1, 1000 to

    Mississippian

    They were advanced with farming, building, and making tools. Hernando De Soto took over the Indians, because he used them then traded on them. Most died of diseases that the Spanish gave them.
  • May 21, 1542

    Hernando de Soto

    Hernando de Soto
    Hernando de Soto was a traveler that sailed over American. He lead a army that took out most of the Mississippians Indians. He took them out with diseases and more advanced weapons then these Indians.
  • Charter of 1732

    Charter of 1732
    The Trustee Georgia is the time a Board of Trustees governed the colony. The first twenty years of Georgia history was called that. England's King George sign a charter to establish a colony and it made its governing board.
  • Oglethorpe Arrives

    Oglethorpe Arrives
    When James Oglethorpe arrives he tries to make and agreement with the Chief Tomochichi. The only way was Mary Muscope, which had to talk to him in his languages. They came too a agreement, now some homeless people will have somewhere to stay.
  • Salzburgers Arrive

    Salzburgers Arrive
    Salzburgers suffered from the British occupation during the revolution. Jeruslem church founded by bolzius still stands. German protect an who arrived on the colony, March 12, 1734.
  • Highland Scots Arrive

    Highland Scots Arrive
    Scottish Highlands sailed from Inverses one day. They sailed 60 miles of Savannah. They were some of the best soldiers in the world recruited by General James Oglethorpe.
  • Period: to 83

    American Revolution

    England was one of the most powerful country in the world at the time. It was caused by 5 significant events. People thought that England was gonna win because of there power.
  • Battle of Kettle Creek

    Battle of Kettle Creek
    This battle was a big encounter of Georgia. It happened in Wilkes Country. The American Revolution was fought at the same time as the Kettle Creek.
  • Constitutional Conventional

    Constitutional Conventional
    Georgia's legislature chose six representatives to an convention in Philadelphia. Georgia delegates and talk about who signed the finished constitution on September 17. No signers of Georgia was a native Georgian.
  • Georgia Ratifies Constitution

    Georgia Ratifies Constitution
    In Augusta, Ga ,Georgia had a special convention. Delegates voted to ratify the U.S Constitution. We were the fourth state to do this.
  • Austin Dabney

    Austin Dabney
    Austin Dabney was different from most slaves. He fought in the American Revolutionary War. He was the only African American to be given land by the state of Georgia, all because of his courage an bravery.