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Jan 1, 1000
Paleo Indians
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The Paleo indians hunted large game animals. The Paleo people used spears. On those spears the tip of the spear was called a " Clovis Point". They were a Nomatic which means "moved with the food source.". Happened 12,000 years ago -
Jan 1, 1000
Arcaic indians
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The Arcaic period happend during 8000 bc -1000 bc. They lived under rock shelters or pitt houses. They were the first to develop the bow and arrow. the Arcaic Indians killed and ate deer, bears, and smaller animals as the large animals became extinct. -
Jan 1, 1000
Woodland Indians
Woodland linkthe Woodland era happend from 1,000 b.c. _ 1,000 a.d.
they were the first group to develop farming. Created the Kolomoki Mounds near Blakely, Georgia. first organized civilization. -
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Missisipian
Declined in numbers due to europeans. First civilization. Were'nt nomadic. -
Nov 1, 1540
Hernando De Soto
He was a spanish exploror. Had an army of six hundred men. Searched for gold. Hernando De Soto died during his exploration on May 21,1542 -
Georgia founded
Georgia foundedJames Oglethorpe had a charter signed by King George 2. It was founded for charity, economics, and defense. It was to be used for 21 years but ended before that time was up. Georgia had changed government many times over years being a colony of the British. -
Charter of 1732
Was created by King George 2. Established a colony in georgia. Had 4 main rules. Was to be carried out by James Oglethorpe. -
Highland Sotts
highland scots picThey arrived from scottland. Strong,hardened warriors, fearless, loved fighting. Were not afraid of the spanish. Were recruited to help defend the colonist. Settled on the altamah river and formed the city named Darien. -
Salzburgers Arrive
salzburgers pictureKing George invited the Salzburgers to Georgia to escape the catholoics.Had to move because of poor soil, flooding, and illness. New Ebenezer was successful in developing Silk,Producing lumber, and Cattle farming. -
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John Reynolds
John ReynoldsGeorgias first Royal Governor. Didnt have very good military efforts. All he saw in georgia was a poor colony who would drain in high cost living. Established a Royal Government. -
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American Revolution
American RevolutionThe cause of the American Revolution were because of all the taxes placed on the 13 original colonies. The colonist felt as though they were treated unfairly. All of that lead up to the Boston Tea Party, the Boston Massacre, and The Declaration of Independance. -
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Henry Ellis
Henry EllisHenry Ellis was Georgia's second Royal governor. He cultivated th efriendship with heads of the creek nation. Poor health caused him to leave in November,1760. -
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James Wright
James WrightJames Wright was the third and last royal governor of georgia. He was a very popular and respected governor. Enforced the Stamp act ,but could not stop the Revolution. James Wright Died at age sixty-nine in his house in Westmisisteron November 20,1785,. -
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Yazoo land fraud
was the bribing of legislature for land bought cheap. Was illegal. All participating Legislatures were voted out of office. -
Elijah Clarke/ Kettle Creek
photo of elijah clarkeElijah Clarke /Kettle CreekBegan serving with Andrew Pickens in the American Revolution. He fought at the Batlle of Kettle Creek. The Loyalist lost the batlle and the Patriots won. The Loyalist fled the scene when they saw there commander (Boyd) fall from a musket wound. -
University of Georgia Founded
It was founded on a land grant. We call it now UGA. The first land grant University in Georgia and America. -
Austin Dabney
Austin DabneyHe Was the First African American To OWN any land. Helped fight against the british militia. William Harris Rescued him and helped nuture him back to health. He was Born Half White Half African American. -
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Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention was held so they could talk about the governance of georgia. Georgia was represented by Abraham Baldwin , William Few. There was much debate between what should be stated in the constitution but the finaly after 5 months. -
Georgia Ratifies Constitution
Georgia had to accept rules of the Constitution before they could ratify it . The men who ratified the constitution were Abraham Baldwin , and William Few. Georgia made there own Constitution ,and also had input (as well as the other original 13 states did) in the Constitution . -
Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin.
Made a BIG impact on Georgia. Increased Population, Slavery, Production. Helped speed up production of cotton fiber, and seperating the seeds. The Cotton Gin meant that the white men needed more Slaves to pick the cotton. Over 50% of population were slaves. -
Capitol moved to Louisville
Moved due to population shifts. Became Georgias' second Capitol.Was popular during Cotton growth. -
Missouri Compromise
The goal was to maintain balance between Free & Slave States. Missouri entered as a Slave Sate. Maine enters as a Free State. There was a border created , from Missouri under was Slave and North of Missouri was Free. Lasted for 30 years . -
Dahlonega Gold Rush
The Dahlonega Gold Rush took place on Cherokee land . The Cherokke were forbin to mine gold. The more the Cherokee protested the more the Miners came. -
Worchester vs. Georgia
This case happened because of the way the white men told the cherokee to leave. A man named John Marshall was on the Supreme Court and gave the ruling. Samuel Worchester represented the Cherokee. -
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Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was a walk of more than 2,200 miles by the Cherokee. The Cherokke were made to leave their homes and move to Oklahoma. Georgia Government made them move because they were greedy. -
Compromise of 1850
California is going to upset the balance of power. California becomes a free state. Slave trading in Washington DC ends. Utah, and New Mexico were open to vote on slavery. Fugitive slave law came into effect which it stated that : all runaway slaves, must be returned to their owner. -
Kansas-Nebraska act
kansas nebraska act>nsas- Nebraska act</a>A law mandating that "popular sovereignty" be used to determine Free or Slave . Popular sovereignty = voting on issue of slavery. Proslavery settlers (Missouri) and Anti-slavery (iowa) and riot. Some called Kansas "bleeding Kansas" because people were killed. -
Atlanta Braves
The Atlanta Braves are a Major League Baseball (MLB) team in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Division of the National League.Since their debut in the National League in 1876, the franchise has won 16 divisional titles, 17 National League pennants, and three World Series championships—in 1914 as the Boston Braves, in 1957 as the Milwaukee Braves, and in 1995 in Atlanta. The Braves are the only Major League Baseball franchise to have won the World Series in three different home cities. -
Carl Vinson
Carl Vinson (November 18, 1883 – June 1, 1981) was a United States Representative from Georgia. He was a Democrat and the first person to serve for more than 50 years in the United States House of Representatives. He was known as "The Father of the Two-Ocean Navy". During pearl harbor he was primarily responsible for additional naval expansion legislation, the Naval Act of 1938 ("Second Vinson Act") and the Third Vinson Act of 1940, as well as the Two-Ocean Navy Act of 1940. -
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Jimmy Carter in Georgia
Jimmy Carter in georgiaJimmy Carter grew up in rural Georgia during the Depression, the son of a farmer (James Sr.) and a nurse (Lillian). He attended Georgia Southwestern College and Georgia Tech, finally receiving a B. S. from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1947 -
Andrew Young
Andrew YoungYoung left his position as pastor of a chuirch in Atlanta, Georgia in 1961. So he could work with the SCLC. Which was led by DR. Martin Luther King JR. He was the first African American to lead congress, since Reconstruction. -
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Holocaust
Since 1945, the word has taken on a new and horrible meaning: the mass murder of some 6 million European Jews (as well as members of some other persecuted groups, such as Gypsies and homosexuals) by the German Nazi regime during the Second World War.After years of Nazi rule in Germany, during which Jews were consistently persecuted, Hitler’s “final solution”–now known as the Holocaust–came to fruition under the cover of world war, with mass killing centers constructed in the concentration camps -
William B. Hartsfield
William B. Hartsfield was a man of humble origins who became one of the greatest mayors of Atlanta. William B. Hartsfield served as mayor of Atlanta for six terms (1937-41, 1942-61), longer than any other person in the city's history. He is credited with developing Atlanta into an aviation powerhouse and with building its image as "A City Too Busy to Hate." He served as mayor for six terms (1937-41, 1942-61), longer than any other person in the city's history. Established Hartsfeild Airport. -
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). The team moved to Milwaukee, where they changed their name to the Hawks. The team moved again in 1955 to St. Louis, where they won their only NBA Championship in 1958. The Hawks moved to Atlanta in 1968, where they have been ever since. -
1946 Governor's Race
In the wake of Talmadge's death, his supporters proposed a plan that allowed the Georgia legislature to elect a governor in January 1947. Herman Talmadge, son of Gene Talmadge and a write-in candidate on the 1946 gubernatorial ballot, claimed the governorship of Georgia. Outgoing governor Ellis Arnell refused to acknowledge Talmadge's claim to the governorship. -
Brown v. Board of Education
The story of Brown v. Board of Education, which ended legal segregation in public schools, is one of hope and courage. When the people agreed to be plaintiffs in the case, they never knew they would change history.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 (and, arguably, not completely fulfilled for many years thereafter). -
1956 State Flag
Georgia in 1861 did not have a state flag at the time. -
Herman Talmadge
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.Herman Talmadge for a brief time in early 1947 and again from 1948 to 1954. In 1956 Talmadge was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he served until his defeat in 1980. -
Sibley Commission
The Sibley Commission gathered information on how people felt about desegregation in schools peacefully. John Sibley held ten public hearings across the state in which the debate was confined to two choices: continuing massive resistance at the expense of the school system or amending state law to allow token integration while keeping segregation largely intact. Most schools voted for segregation. -
Ivan Allen Jr.
Allen took the helm of the Ivan Allen Company, his father’s office supply business, in 1946 and within three years had the company bringing in annual revenues of several millions of dollars. In 1961, he authored a white paper for revitalizing Atlanta. It was adopted by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and became the Six Point Forward Atlanta program. This plan would become his roadmap as mayor for creating an economic surge that established the infrastructure, business, education, arts, sports. -
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter
Were the first two African -American students to be accepted in a Universty .On September 2, 1960, Holmes and Hunter filed a civil suit against Danner for the repeated refusal of their applications. At trial, Judge William Bootle issued a ruling stating that Holmes and Hunter “would have already been admitted had it not been for their race and color.” UGA finally accepted them, and they registered for classes on January 9, 1961. -
The Albany Movement
The Albany Movement transfixed national attention on Georgia, and laid the philosophical groundwork for the historic 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Months before local NAACP leaders invited the Reverend Dr. King, the Rev. Ralph Abernathy, and members of SNCC and the SCLC to their quiet southwest Georgia city, blacks and whites in Albany banded together to dismantle Jim Crow and to press for immediate legal, educational, and political reforms. -
March on Washinton
On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C., for a political rally known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Organized by a number of civil rights and religious groups, the event was designed to shed light on the political and social challenges African Americans continued to face across the country. Martin Luther King Jr's. " I have a Dream" speech was a call for racial justice and equality. -
Lester maddox
Lester Garfield Maddox, a devout segregationist, owned and operated a restaurant called the “Pickrick Cafeteria,” that was located at 891 Hemphill Avenue near the Georgia Tech campus.The Pickrick was open only to white customers and refused those who were black or those who were considered integrationists. Lester Maddox would rather shut down the Pickrick than desegregate it -
Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a member of the South Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL).n their 49 years of existence, the Falcons have compiled a record of 316–414–6 with division championships in 1980, 1998, 2004, 2010, and 2012. Their only Super Bowl appearance was during the 1998 season in Super Bowl XXXIII in Miami. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. was a African-American who fought for civil rights. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs.On October 14, 1964, King received the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence. King helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. -
Maynard Jackson Elected Mayor
Maynard Jackson, in full Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr. (born March 23, 1938, Dallas, Texas, U.S.—died June 23, 2003, Arlington, Virginia), American lawyer and politician, who was the first African American mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, serving three terms (1974–82 and 1990–94).Jackson’s father was a Baptist minister, his mother a professor of French. He entered Morehouse College through a special-entry program and received a bachelor’s degree in political science and history in 1956. -
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. and was among the most articulate and outspoken critics of segregation before the rise of the modern civil rights movement in the United States. Founder of the NAACP, and the YMCA. -
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1996 olympic games
1996 olympic gamesThe 1996 Summer Olympics (French: Les Jeux olympiques d'été de 1996), known officially as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially as the Centennial Olympics, was a major international multi-sport comprising 10,318 athletes. -
Civil Rights Act
In 1964 Congress passed Public Law 88-352. The provisions of this civil rights act forbade discrimination on the basis of race in hiring, promoting, and firing. -
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), formed to give younger blacks more of a voice in the civil rights movement, became one of the movement’s more radical branches. They did Sit-Ins at lunch in a "whites only" section till cops were called ,but they did it peacefully.
