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archaic
achaic indians
the archaic indians were around about 8,000b.c -1,000b.c. They had the first house pits or underground shelters as homes. They often moved but returned to the same spots. There technology was slightly more advanced, they had simple pottery and small thin clovis points becuase they hunted smaller animals. These early indians did not have a certin religion or trade. -
Jan 1, 1000
woodland indians
woodland period
The woodland indians are much more advanced tthan the paleo or archaic. They are no longer nomadic -
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mississippian
mississippian indians
The mississippian indians were the most advanced indian culture. they began forming cities, establishing cheifdom and making advanced pottery. they also have the most advanced bow and arrows. they were the first indians to not only kill animals for food but living off of agriculture like squash, corn, and beans. -
Nov 1, 1540
Hernando De Soto
hernando de sotoHernando de soto was looking for gold in florida and parts of georgia . he didnt realize that there wasnt really any gold the indians had gotten it from the europeans.
On his way to south carolina he and his men killed thousands of indians in battles and from european diseases. The indians gave them some food and supplies but eventually all of hernadnos men died including himself. -
Salzburgers arrive
salzburgersthe salzburgers
The salzburgers were german protestants that were kicked out of their home country. They were supported by king George who told them to come settle in Georgia.They arrived in Georgia in 1734. They were very helpful to the colony. They founded the town of ebenezer and one of the oldest churchs in Georgia. They also had a stamping mill for rice and a silk factory. -
Charter of 1732
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John Reynolds
john reynolds
John Reynolds was Georigas first royal governor. When he arrived in Georgia the colonists liked him and his ideas about self government but after he sent the legislature home and made decisions by his self he lost his popularity and was replaced by the king. -
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Henry Ellis
Henry Ellis
Henry Ellis was the second Royal governor. When he replaced John Reynolds he taught the colonists how to govern themselves. He wasa also known as georgias 2nd founder, he tried to ezpand farming and tradeing. -
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James Wright
James Wright
James Wright was a popular governor he was also the last royal rovernor. he took many of henry ellis's ideas and made them better. The colonists liked him for this. However he was a british governor So he had to enforce the stamop addct -
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Austin dabney
Dabney was a revolutionary war hero. He was a slave born with black and white parents. He fough in the battle of kettle creeek with elijahb clarke. -
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Yazoo Land Fraud
yazoo land fraud
The yazoo land fraud made settlers very mad. Land companies bribed legislatures to pass laws to make land cheaper. Then they sold it to settlers for a much higher price. When the people found out about it they voted the legeslatures out of office. -
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American revolution
american revolution.
Georgia was the youngest colony so it had the closest ties with britain. That is why so many people hesitated to join the revolutionary movement, that emerged from american colonies. Many Georgia colonists thought they needed britains help against a possible indian attack. Some of the ones that wanted close ties with britain (the loyalists) moved back to britain. -
Elijah clarke
Febuary 1779 Georgia finally had a victory, a military group led by general Elijah clarke defeated more than 800 british troops at kettle creek. this battle was important to Georgia the troopps took weapons , horses, and other musch needed supplies. -
Georgia was founded
Georgia foundedGeorgia was founded by james oglethorpe with the charter of 1732. Oglethorpe wanted to help debters get out of the prison and the horrible conditions they were living in. He asked the king and was given a charter. the orgiganal size of georgia was huge it stretched all the way from the pacific ocean to the atlantic. He chose 71 trustees to help govern the colony. georgia was orgianaly going to be a buffer colony also, becasue at the time florida was spainish controled -
University of Georgia
university of georgia
The university of Georgia started as a land grant to start a school. Many new people came to Georgia to attend the new collage ther was also better and smarter ppulation with culture.
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Capitol moved to louisville
<a href='http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/history/article/revolution-early-republic-1776-1800/state-capitol'
The commission apointed by the legislature in 1786. It was named after king louis of france after king for helping the colonists during the relolutionary war The population was moving westward and to keep it centralized they moved it to louisville. But ot did not stay there long the population kept moving -
Eli whitney & the cotten gin
eli whitney cottn gin
Before the cotton gin was invented Georgias main crop was tobacco. The cotton gin made seperating the seeds much easier. It also made many changhes to Georgia as well as parts of other states. There was a expoentional increase in slaves. But georgia made a mistake growing only cotton. When the cival war started the north stoped sending the south supplies. The south lost the war. -
Missouri Compromise
In 1814 Missouri applied for a slave state after a lot of debate, congress adopted the Missouri compromise. In 1820 Maine also entered as a free state. The measure prohibited slavery north of Missouri. -
Dahlonaga gold rush
dahlonaga gold rush
In late 1829 Georgia (at this time cherokee land) was flooded by thousands of people in search of gold. In 1830 there were 4 thousand miners in yahoola creek alone. Though nobody knows who first discovers gold in dahlonaga there have been many accusations. -
Worcester vs. Georgia
A case the U.S Supreme Court held in 1832 that the Cherokee Indians constituted a nation it did not protect the Cherokees. -
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henery Mcneal Turner
African americans voted for the first time in Georgia. In 1868 they elected a republican govoner and 29 african americans to the house of republicans. -
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trail of tears
The trail of tears made all Cherokee Indians walk to Oklahoma. It killed over 4,000 people. The Cherokees were once in Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, north Carolina ,Alabama and Georgia. Andrew Jackson waned to rove all Cherokee Indians. -
Compromise of 1850
In late 1849 California wanted to ask for statehood although California construction did not allow slavery w south a new law was that all runaway slaves must be returned. -
Georgia platform
Georgia adopted a proclamation called the georgia platform. It was a statement for support for the union, following the compromise of 1850. A stae convention omn December 10 1850 in midgeville Georgia the platform consisted of a set of resolutions acceptinig the compromise of 1850. The Georgia platform warned that the state would only resist any future congressional activity. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
kanses nebraska act
Slavery was the main factor in the civil war. Most people in the new territores belonged to one of the two groups pro slavery or free. -
Dread Scott case
dred scott
In march of 1857 one the most controversal events in the american civil war. The Dred scott case, dred scott was a slave who lived with his owner who moved to a free state. Scott says he should be free but the U.S supreme court syas he is property and he will be a slave anywhere is owner takes him.
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Alonzo herndon
Alonzo herndon was born a slave in walton county georgia. he moved to atlanta to open a barber shop. in 1905 he bought a small insurence company for 140 dollars. then hired college graduates to run the company. it is now called atlanta life and has a net worth of more than 200 million dollars. -
Election of 1860
election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the united states. Though he only had 40% of the popular vote he beat the other 2. The south did not want him to win because he was against slavery and they thought he would ambolish slavery . When Lincoln was elected on march 4th 1860, seven states had already seceded and created the confederate states of america. -
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union blockade
union blockade
By early 1862 the union navy had blocked the entire southern coast. The union mainly focused on savvanh. savannah was the main port city they blocked it to keep the south from exporting cotton and importing war supplies from other countries. -
Battle of Antietam
battle of antietam
generals Robert E. Lee and Georga Mclellan faced off near Antietam creek in Sharpsberg, Maryland. It was the first battle of the civil war and the bloodiest dat in american history. -
Emancipation proclamation
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/
President Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation on January 1 1863 in the third year of the bloody civil war. It applied to the states that seceded from the union. It was a major facto in the war. -
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Battle of Gettysberg
Battle of Gettysberg
The battle of gettysberg is considered one of the most important engagmentof the american civil war. General Robert E. Lee marched his army from north Virgina into pennsilvania in late june. there were over 15,000 troops. -
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Battle of Chickamauga
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/chickamauga.html
The battle at Chickamauga was the biggest battle ever fought in Georgia during the civil war, with 34,000 killed, wounded or missing. It is also the second bloodiest battle in the civil war. -
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Andersonville prison camp
During th civil war a confederarte prison was built in Macon Georgia. The prison quicklyy became known as andersonville. In the summer of 1864 the camp had the largest prison population of its time. The prison could only hold about 10,000 but more than 25,000 prisoners were there. -
shermans atlanta campaign
In the summer of 1864 unio0n general William T. Sherman , Joseph Johnson , and john hood face battles in northern Georgia. Shermans goal was to destroy the army but he had ro force the surrender of atlanta. -
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Shermans march to sea
the most detstructive campaign in the civil war began in Atlanta on Nov. 15 and ended in savannah on dec. 21 1864
Led by union general William T. Sherm,an about 60,000 troops were with sherman. The purpose of the march was to scare georgias population into abandoning the confederacy. -
Freedmans bureau
In March of 1865 the u.s congress created the freedmans bureau. It was the first agency to help former black slaves and poor white farmers in the south. -
The 13th amendment
The 13th amendment to the u.s constitution abolished slavery in the u.s, after the civil war. In congress it was passed by the senate on april 8 1864 and by the house on Jan. 31 1865. And was ratified by the states on Dec. 6 1865. -
Ku Klux Klan formed
Founded in 1866 the ku klux klan was in almost every state by 1870 The kkk was formed in tennesse in 1866. whites began looking 4 new ways to defeat there enimies. The klans terrorism began most notably on march 31 1868 when george ashburn was murdered in colombus GA most KKK action was designed to scxare black voters and suppoters. -
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John and lugenia burns hope
in 1906 John hope was morehouse colleges first black president.
He became close friends with W.E.B dubois. During the atlanta race riot hope was an active civic leader who worked to restore calm to hius city. His wife lugenia was also a well known civic leader. she helped organize many civil movements and speechs. -
14th amendment
The 14th amendment was ratified on july 9 1868 during the recontruction era. Along with the 13 and 15 amendments are known as the reconstructive amendments. Its goal was to ensure that all persons born in the u.s were citizens and to be given full and equal benifits of all laws. -
15th amendment
The fifteenth amendment granting afrian american men the right to vote was adopted into the us constitution on march 1870. Despite the amendment various discrimintory practices were used to prevent the african americans to to exersice there right to vote. -
Atlanta braves
The Atlanta braves are a major league baseball team in Atlanta Georgia playing in the National League from 1991 to 2005 the braves were one of the most succesful franchises in baseball. The braves won the title in 1995 The braves are the only major league baseball franchise to win the world series in 3 different home cities. -
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Consttutional convention
constitutional convention
Georgia was among the first states to use a meeting of delagates to create a constitution. 3 monthes after the american colonies declared independence from britain, soon after several other states chose the conventional method as well. -
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William B Hartsfeild
william b hartsfeild
william b hartsfeils erved 6 terms as the mayor of atlanta. longer than anyone else in the citys history. When he became mayor in 1937 atlanta was in bad financial condition. He eventully helped atlanta by alling on business leaders and the georgia general assembly. Hartsfeild airport is named after him. -
carl vinson
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World war one
The u.s was neutral,and didnt want ot get involved in the war. German submarines sank a british ship killing 128 americans President wilson warned germany not to violate internashional law again. March 1917 germany sank several american ships and even asked mexico to jion the war also. Finally the u.s declared war on germany. and then japan and italy declared war on the u.s between between 85,000 and 100,000 georgia m,en and women joined the war. -
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Lester maddox
Lester maddox is an american politition and the 75th govoner of Georgia from 1967-1971. He was also a populist democrat and a segregationalist. He later also served as liutenant govoner under jimmy carter. -
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Eugene talmadge
When eugene talmadge gave speechs he took a sawed off oak stump, stood on it and gave speechs to the crowds. Talmadge who was a consecutive white supremacist did not like the new deal programs that president roosevelt had in place. He thought that they used too much tax money. -
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Great deppression
Soon after the "roaring 20s" America slowly fell into a ression and thezn a deppression. Many factories produced more goods thanthey could sell. Also farmers planted and sold too many crops. BUt black friday., when the stock market fellpeople tryed getting money out of the banks but from many risky loans the banks had no money. leaving people with no jobs , mopney, houses clothes or food. -
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civilian conservation corps
the ccc was a public work reeif program fro young unemployed unmarried men mostley for ages 18-23. the men intended to promote environmental conservation. FDR wanted to keep as many young men off the streets by employing them. -
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the halocaust
halocaust is a greek word for whole burned but in 1945 the word has meant the mass killing of over 6 million european jews by the german nazi leader adolf hitler and his nazi army. Thousands of women, men and children killed in consontration camps by gas, guns, fire, starvation, and health issues. When american troops and government found out about this they tryed to stop it as soon as possible. Hitler killed himslef and his wife on april 30 1945. -
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richard russal
serving in the u.s senate from 1933 until 1971 russal was one of the bodys most respected members. He also served 16 years as the chair of armed services commite and a career long position on the approprications. The secretary of stateof state Dean Husk called him the most powerful and influential man in washington. -
Agriculture adjustment act
one problem of the great deppresion was that farers weee growing too many crops and the demand was going down. the agriculture adjustment act or the aaa payed farmers not to plant crops. -
Rural electrification act
Many rural citys in the south didnt have electricity in there hoomes. the rural electrificaation act made this possible. Roosevelt and power companies brought power all over the country. -
Social security
the socail security act was designed by fdR on august 14 1935. It was created to help the elderly and disabled people. This is one of the dew new deal programs that still exist today like the FDIC, FCIC, or the FHA. -
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World war 2
World war 2 was the most widespread and deadliest wars in history involing more than 30 countries, Also resulting in more than 50 million civilan deaths with estimates as high at 84 million. Started by germanys invasion of poland in 1939 the war would last 6 deadly years. -
pearl harbor
8am december 1941 thousands of Japenese fighter planes attacked pearl harbor in honolu lu hawiii lasting only 2 hours the japanese destroyed 20 american vessels 8 battle ships and almost 200 planes. 2,000 americans dead 1000 wounded. president roosevelt declare war on japan. Then germany and italy declared war on the U.S. -
Sibley commision
in 1960 Georgia Governor Ernest Vandiver Jr had to either close the public school system or desegragate them. Thats were the sibley commision came in. The commitee was charged with gathering state residents regaurding desegregation and reporting back to the governor. They layed out elements that contributed to a political impass over desegregation in 1959 georgia. -
Atlanta falcons
The atlanta falcons are a professional American football team based in atlanta georgia. They are a part of the NFL. The falcons jioned the NFL in 1965 as an expansion team and then granted a franchise. Since then they have won championships in 1980, 1998, 2004, 2010, and 2012. There only super bowl experince was in 1998in miami. -
andrew young
Andrew jackson young is an american politition diplomat, activist, and pastor from georgia. He was also a congressman from georgias 5th congress district unites states and an Ambassador to the united unions. and most notablly the mayor of atlanta.
