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Jan 1, 1000
Paleo Culture
The Paleo Culture existed 12,000 years ago.They ate mammoth,bison,ground sloth,etc.They traveled in groups they fololowed their food .They killed them with a clovis a sharp point. -
Jan 1, 1000
Archaic Culture
The Archaic culture existed from 8000 BC-1000 BC. -
Jan 1, 1000
Woodland Culture
Woodland culture existed from 1000 BC-1000 AD. -
Period: Jan 1, 1000 to
Mississippian Culture
Mississippian Culture existed from 1000-1600. -
Mar 5, 1540
Hernando de soto
He came for gold.He destroyed there population causes of deseases and cruelty.He searches all over south eastern for gold.De soto dies in expedition and never finds the gold. -
Charter of 1732
King George II granted a charter to oglethorpes group as trustees for establishing the colony of georgia managing it for 21 years.The charter granted an area for all those lands.Trustees can not own land.Catholics ,blacks,liquar dealers,and lawyers banned.began to the crown were the trustees could get instructions from King George II. -
Georgia founded by James Oglethorpe
Oglethorpe began a colony for the working poor.He was well educated and wealthy.He cared about the poor and tried to help them.He became a member of parliaments house of commons in 1722.Oglethorpe was trying to help the poor. -
Salzburgers arrive in georgia
They had bad farm land.They came from Salzburge.The town burned down.The first church was in that town that burned down.Ebenezer was the first one to build a church. -
Highland Scots arrive in georgia
They were settled in georgia Darien.They were strong they recruted from Scotland.They were intended to be a barrier.Were the spanish couldnt get to them. -
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john reynolds
Reynolds was bossy and valued his authority.Nobody really liked him.He wasthe first royal govenor.He was brought back to england.He was a basd govenor. -
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henry ellis
Ellis was a good govenor.He was friendly made relationships with indains.He was the second royal governor.Second founder of georgia.As he was the governor georgia grew economically.He was the best governor. -
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james wright
During wrights term in georgia grew and he encouraged settlement in the unexplored area.He was the third royal governor.He was the governor during the american revolution.Patriots arrested him in 1776. -
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american revolution
There were four reasons for the amarican revolution.The french and indian war lasted 9 years they were allies,britainwon but they fell into dept from all the money spent on the war.Proclamation of 1763 bidding colonist to settle west of the proclamation line.Intolerable acts four laws enacted by britain to punish the colonist for the boston tea party.Declaration of independance document stating the reasons that the colonist were upset with the english. -
austin dabney
He was a freedom mulotto.First non white black to fight in the revolution from georgia injured in battle.Recieved land in madisoncounty for his service in the georgia militia. -
alijah clarke and the battle of kettle creek
Led the troops at kettle creek.Defauted a group of 800 british soldiers.End result patriots took needed weopons and horses,and raised the spirits of the georgia militia.Febuary of 1779. -
articles of confederation ratified by all 13 states
State governments had too much power.National government could not demand taxes,enforce laws,or control trade.No executive branch which means no president.No judicial branch no federal courts to settle disputes between the states. -
university of georgia established
First state supported public university in the us.brought econony and wealth to the area.athens ga center of intellotual learning in ga. -
constitutional convention of 1787
The constitutional convention of 1787 was a meeting of all of the states in philidelphia to dicuss changes that needed to be made to the articles of confederation.Representatives from each state were their and took part in writing the U.S constitution.Abraham boldwin and william few were georgias representatives. -
georgia ratifies the constitution
Abraham baldwin and william few were georgias reps at the constitutional convention.They both signed the new constitution.Georgia ratified the new constitutionfor selfish reasons.Wantedfederal government to have the power to unite the country. -
dahlanega gold rush
Gold was found in north ga summer of 1829.Over 1000 miners flocked to georgia.Benjamin parks was said to have discoverd gold white deer huntin near dahlanega.Single event that sped up the removal of the cherokkee from georgia. -
yazoo land fraud
Georgia extended west to the mississippiriver and the yazoo river.Gov of georgia ,legislatorswere bribed by private land companies to sell gov't land.Georgia citizens were upset and voted them out of office.Georgia was forced to give up land. -
missouri compromise
the purpose was to keep the balance of slave states free states equal.36 30 line border.2 states entered maine,missouri 30 years. -
Indian removal act
Signed may 28,1830 by president jackson.The act removal indians from us lands for lands west of the mississippi river modern day oklahoma.This was a forced move not voluntary.Resulted in the trial of tears. -
trial of tears
Many of the cherokkeedied from diseases and starvation.Term used for the forced removal of the cherokkee indians from georgia.Gen scott used federal troops 7,000 to round up more than 16,000 cherokkee. -
compromise of 1850
California wanted to be a state.upset the balance.North got california as a free state,slavery ends in d.c.South got utah and new mexico decide on their on,defugutive slave law. -
kansas nebraska act
Proposed by stephen douglas.Propose formation of kansas nebraska.Both should choose from themselves slavery.Northerners and southerners flooded into settle.Voilence= bleeding kansas. -
chickamauga
1863 union forces moved against the major confederate railroad center in chattanooga tennessee.On september 19-20 union general braxton braggs south of chattanooga at chickamauga creek. -
gettyburg
The battle of gettysburg in pennsylvania was a turning point in the civil war.The battle was faught july 3,1863.Resulted in a union victory that ended general robert e.51,000 people died,union won. -
shermans march to the sea
On his way from atlanta to savannah,shermanfarms,homes destroyed all military targets and the civilian economic system.That supported the confederate military.Dug up the railroad and burned it.Ended the war in savannah. -
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march to the sea
On his way from atlanta to savannah,shermans farms,homes destryed all military targets and the civilian economic system.That supported the confederate military.Dug up the railroad and burned it.Ended the war in savannah. -
13 amendment
Freed all slaves and banned slavery.It continued the work of the emancipitation proclamation.The amendment was passed by congress january 1865.Also it was submitted to the state for ratification.It was ratified in december 1865. -
14 amendment
Gave blacks fall citizenship and equal treatment.It granted citizenship to the freedman.It forbade any state from denying anyone the equal protection of laws.Congress passed the amendment in june 1866. -
15 amendment
Gave black males the right to vote.It granted all male citizens to vote regardless the color.The amendment was submitted to the states febuary 1869.Also it was ratified in 1870. -
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Jim Crow Law
These laws were about segregation.They wanted public schools,bathrooms,transportation,and public places to be segregated.These laws were overruled. -
mayor hartsfeild
He served as the mayor of atlanta for 6 terms.He was widely acknowledged for his leadership.Hartsfeild also helped lead the city in the area of the civil rights.In 1948 mayor hartsfeild hired 8 african american police officers for restricted areas. -
plessy vs ferguson
On june 7,1892 homer plessy was jailed for sitting in the white only trian car.After louisianna passed the seperate car act a black civil right grap to it to court.When he sat in it he identified himself as a black and went to jail but to the case all the way to the supreme court. -
intern cotton expo
This was held at piedmont park in atlanta.This nearly had over 800,000 visitors.The event was to help show products and technology etc.Cotton was featured from several strates. -
1906 atlanta riot
During this mobs of whites killed dozens of blacks.This was all about segregation.Whites wounded,scared,and made property darn one on black peoples property.This was a very horrible 2 days. -
leo frank case
Leo frank was accused of murdering mary phagon.He and some other man weere tried for her murder.In the middle of the night men came in to the sherrifs office took leo frank and hung him right beside mary phagons house. -
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WW1
This war was extreme bloody.It had a huge lose of life.Most of the soldiers faught while they were in trenches.There was about 10,000,000 military deaths and 20,000,000 wounded. -
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Great depression
The us had borrowed more money than they could afford to repay.This hurt the banks that had loaned the money and the business waiting for their payments.Many factories had produced more goods than they could sell.Speculation in the stockmarket also helped cause the great depression. -
rebecca L felton
She was a politician.She did lots of things for women rights.Rebecca was the first women to serve in the U.S senate.She only served one day in 1922. -
black tuesday
This happened after the stock market crashed.This was part of the great depression.This mainly happened because americans used money that they didnt even have.Americans used alot of money that they couldnt pay back. -
FDR elected
He was elected president in november 1932.He was elected 4 times.FDR was the 37th president.He was trying to help get the economy back up. -
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holocaust
In 1945 allies were pushed into poland,austria,and germany.Nothing could have prepared them what they have found.Different camps were set up by the nazis as the final solution to the jewish problem. -
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maynard jackson
Jackson was a politican.He was apart of the democratic party.He was the first african american mayor of atlanta,GA.He seved three terms. -
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WW2
The year is 1943 and its allies are fighting in europe the pacific and africa.Alot of young men joined the war.Also women joined the effert.Their were organizations like the WAC. -
pearl harbor
The amercans and japenese relations got worse to stop protest of the japenese the us stopped sending airplanes metals and aircrafts parts also aviation gas to japan.After japan invaded the french roosefelt. -
FDR dies warm springs
He surffered a stroke and died. People say his death made a turning point on the United States. He served for 4 years. The United States was having problems with the soviet union after FDR died. -
brown vs board of education
It was a supreme court case.Supreme court declared a law that of seperating whites and blacks unconstitutional.They didnt like the idea of blacks and whites segregationof the public schools. -
1956 state flag
In 1956 georgias state flag was changed to incorperate the state.Andrews crossed.The flag has long been a subject of contreversy and division with the state.Blacks were affended by the references to the slavery in states post. -
sibley commission
This was about closing public school or a federal order to desegregate blacks and whites.The reports issued by the commission laid for the end of massive resistance to desegregation.This lead up to brown vs board of education. -
mayor allan
He served as the mayor of atlanta from 1962-1970.He continued hartsfeild approach to peaceful integregation.On the first day he took office he ordered immediatly removal of the colored and white signs.Allan also saw over contruction of a number of facilities. -
First african american students of georgia
The first blacks of UGA are hamilton holmes charlay he hunter.When they first applied they werent accepted because limited space. -
albany movement
The albany movement was a desegregation in albany.It mobilized thousands of people it had a nationwide attention.The movement failed to accomplish its goods.It was credited as a key lesson. -
county unit system
This was a system for voting.Its used by his to see who is our state wide primary elections winner.It was were a county had a certain number of unit votes and the the candidate with the higher votes won.This unit system was established in 1917. -
March on washington
On august 28,1963 over 200,000 americans gathered in washington due for a political rally.This rally was called the march on washingtonfor jobs and freedom. -
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1966 summer games
This was a major sport event. This event took place in Atlanta. All current member nations took part int the games. This event had 10,318 athletes. 1996 was the first year the summer game and winter games were seperated. -
andersonville
This was a prisoner of war camp.There was so much diseases and harsh conditions.Many people died from these conditions of their being no clean water their,hardly any food and it was unsanitary.It was a terrible place. -
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jimmy carter
He was an american politician. Also he was a member of the democratic party. He served as the 39th president of the united states. He served from 1977 to 198. Carter was awarded for the nobel peace prize -
warcester vs georgia
Sam warcester and 10 others refused to sign.All 11 missionaries were jailed and sentenced to four years hard labor.Failed a suit with the supreme court.Warcester released from jail only after signing allegaince. -
Great Depression
The us had borrowed more money than they could afford to repay.This hurt the banks that had loaned the money and the business waiting for their payments.Many factories had produced more goods than they could sell.Speculation in the stockmarket also helped cause the great depression. -
capitol moved from augusta to louisville
named in honor of king louis XVI of france. -
The invention of the cotton gin
Invented by Eli Whitney in April 1793.Machine that seperated the cotton seed from the fibor.Before hundreds of hours seperating cotton with small grains.After could produce 50 lbs daily of clean cotton.Cotton production became profitable ,helped slave labor. -
dred scott case
In 1834 dred scott a slave was taken by owner from the slave state of illinois.When scott and his master returned to missouri scott filled a law suit.Claiming he was free sence he lived in a free state. -
antietam
Near the town of sharpsburg,maryland is a stream called antietam creek.The northern and southern armies collided here on september 17,1862.This was the bloodiest one day battle of the civil war.2300 killed.
