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Jan 1, 1000
Paleo Period
Paleo Information
Paleo indians were nomadic huntersand gathers. They used large spear heads to hunt. They hunted large game animals like mammoths, ground sloth, bisons, and sabor tooth lion. They had no organized trade or religion. -
Jan 1, 1000
Archaic Period
Archaic Period
Archaic Indians returned to the same spots each season. They used smaller, thinner, and more pointed spear heads. Large game animals no longer existed. They had no organized trade or religion. -
Jan 1, 1000
Woodland Period
Woodland Period
Woodland Indians were no longer nomadic, they stared to form tribes. They invented the bow and arrow. They were the first to expriment with farming. There is some evidence of evidence of trade. For there religion they had rock mounds and burried mounds. -
Period: Jan 1, 1000 to
Mississipian Period
Mississpian Period
Mississsippian Indians began to form cites and had european contact. They had advanced bow, arrow. and pottery. They are the firstto live of agriculture. They had the mst advanced system of trade. They also had the most advanced relgion. -
Oct 21, 1496
Hernando de Soto
Hernando de Soto
De Soto came to Georgia in search of gold. He killed thousands of indians during battles. They also died because o the deasises they got from them. De Soto didn't know that there wasn't any gold there. -
Charter of Georgia
http://georgiascolonialhistory.weebly.com/charter-of-1732.html King George ll granted and signed the Charter of Georgia. -
Salzburgers Arrive
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They arrived in 1734. Their arrival in Georgia heralded the begining of one of the most cultually distinctive coummunities in Georgia. About 300 Salzburgers accepted the invitaion. -
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John Reynolds
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Henry Ellis
<a href='' >http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/henry-ellis-1721-1806</a>
Complaints about Reynolds caused for him to be removed and replaced with Henry ellis. Henry Ellis was the second royal governor of Georgia.Ellis cultivated the friendship of the heads of the Creek nation. He worked with influencal traders. Under the work of Henry Ellis Georgians learned how to govern themselves. -
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James Wright
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James Wright arrived in October 1,1760. He was the third and final governor. He had some major accomplishments like expanding farms, trade, fortifird defences, and increased land ownership. He had two major errors, he tried to move the capital, and he inforced the stampact. -
Highland Scots Arrive
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They had arrived in 1763. Scotland was able to pursue its own colonieswere established in East Jersey and south Corolina. They migrated in group, which reflects their early organizations in clans. -
Austin Dabney
Austin Dabney was a slave. He fought against the British in the American Revolutionary War. He was born a slave in North Carolina. He died in 1830 -
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American Revolution
The American Revolution was a political upheaval. That took place between 1765 and 1783. Rebel colonists in the Thirteen American Colonies rejected the British monarchy . And founded the United States of America. -
Elijah Clarke / Kettle Cr.
Lieutenant Elijah Clarke of Georgia defeats a larger force of 700 Loyalist. Who were commanded by James Boyd. It happened at Kettle Cr. Georgia. In Feb. 14, 1779 the Patriots defeted the loyalists in this battle. -
The University of Georgia Founded
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The University of Georgia was incorporated by an act of the General Assembly on January 27, 1785.Georgia became the first state to charter a state-supported university.In 1784 the General Assembly had set aside 40,000 acres of land to endow a college or seminary of learning.The university graduated its first class in 1804 -
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Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention was also known as the Philadelphia Convention, the Federal Convention, or the Grand Convention at Philadelphia. It took place from May 25 to Sept. 17. It was in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was to address problems in governing the United States of America -
Georgia Ratifies Constitution
The drafting of the Constitution began on May 25, 1787. The Constitutional Convention met for the first time at the Pennsylvania State House. To revise the Articles of Confederation. It ended on September 17, 1787. -
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Elli Whitney and the cotton gin
<a href='' >http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/cotton-gin-and-eli-whitney</a>
In 1793, Eli Whitney invented a simple machine that influenced the history of the United States. He invented a cotton gin that was popular in the South. The South became the cotton producing part of the country because Whitney’s cotton gin was able to successfully pull out the seeds from the cotton. Eli Whitney was born in Westboro, Massachusetts on December 8, 1765 and died on January 8, 1825. -
Yazoo Land Fraud
http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/history/article/revolution-early-republic-1776-1800/yazoo-land-fraud</a>
The Yazoo land fraud was one of the most significant events in the post-Revolutionary War history of Georgia.The bizarre climax to a decade of frenzied speculation in the state's public lands.The Yazoo sale of 1795 did much to shape Georgia politics and to strain relations with the federal government.Georgia was too weak after the Revolution to defend its vast western land claims, -
Capital Moved to Louisville
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Louisville served as Georgia's third capital from 1796 until 1807.The town grew as the result of both large-scale immigration to the Georgia upcountry after the American Revolution. By the mid-1780s the new upcountry settlers outnumbered those in the older coastal counties.Upcountry legislators demanded a state capital in a more western location than Savannah. -
Missouri Compromise
In an effort to preserve the balance of power. In Congress between slave and free states. The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820. Admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. -
Missouri Compromise
The United States had eleven slave states and eleven free states. The territory of Missouri applied for statehood as a slave state. After a great deed of debating congress adapted the Missouri compromise to keep the balance. Maine entered as a free state and Missouri as a slave state, and slavery was prohibited in north of Missouri. -
Dahlonega Gold Rush
<a href='' >http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/gold-rush</a>
The Georgia Gold Rush was the second significant gold rush in the United States. It overshadowed the previous rush in North Carolina. It started in Lumpkin County near the county seat, Dahlonega. It soon spread through the North Georgia mountains. -
Worcester v. Georgia
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/worcester-v-georgia-1832</a
Worcester v. Georgia deals with Georgia state laws that were passed in the middle of the 1800s. These laws were passed following an agreement reached between the Cherokee tribe and the state government of Georgia. The laws instituted a prohibition of non-Indians from living in Indian territories. Only Non-Native Americans with special permission from the government were allowed to live on these lands. -
Henery Mcneal Turner
Henry McNeal Turner was a minister. He was also a politician, and the first southern bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. He was born on February 1, 1834. He died on May 9, 1915. -
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Trail Of Tears
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_of_Tears</a</a>
At the beginning of the 1830s, alot of Native Americans lived in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, and Florida. By the end of the decade, very few natives remained. They worked for white settlers who wanted to grow cotton on the land, the federal government forced them to leave their homes. This journy is called the trial of tears. -
Compromise of 1850
There were fifteen slave states and fifteen free states. California wanted to become a free state which would change the balance between the states. the compromise of 1850 would please the south and the north. North got California and the south got the fugitive slave law. -
Compromise of 1850
It was on January 29, 1850. Senator Henry Clay introduced a series of resolutions. In an attempt to seek a compromise. And avert a crisis between North and South. -
Georgia Platform
The Georgia Platform consisted of a set of resolutions accepting the Compromise of 1850. Drawn up by Charles J. Jenkins and adopted by a state convention. It was on Dec. 10, 1850. In Milledgeville. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. It opened new lands for settlement. it also had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Because it allowed white male settlers in those territories to determine through popular sovereignty whether they would allow slavery within each territory. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed on May 30, 1854. It was passed by the Congress. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. The Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820. -
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Tom Watson and the Populists
In 1892 Georgia politics was shaken by the arrival of the Populist Party. Led by the Thomas E. Watson. This new party mainly appealed to small farmers. Many of whom had been impoverished by debt. The Populists also attempted to win the support of black farmers away from the Republican Party. new p -
Booker T. Washington
Booker Taliaferro Washington was an African-American educator. He was also a author, orator, and advisor to presidents of the United States. Washington was the dominant leader in the African-American community. It was between 1890 and 1915,. -
The Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott first went to trial to sue for his freedom in 1847. Ten years later his case was finally brought before the United States Supreme Court. In what is perhaps the most infamous case in its history, the court decided that all slaves as well as those who were free could never become citizens of the United States and therefore could not sue in federal court. The court also ruled that the federal government did not have the power to prohibit slavery in its territories. Scott remained a slave -
Alonzo Herndon
Alonzo Franklin Herndon was a businessman. He was also the founder and president of the Atlanta Family Life Insurance Company. He was born in June 26, 1858. He died in July 21, 1927. -
Election of 1860
The election was held on November 6, 1860. It served as the immediate impetus. For the outbreak of the American Civil War.The United States had been divided during the 1850s on questions surrounding the expansion of slavery and the rights of slave owners. -
Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam is also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg. It was particularly fought in the South. On September 17, 1862. It near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek as part of the Maryland Campaign -
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Union Blockade of Georgia
The battle was between ship and shore on the coast of Confederate Georgia. It was a pivotal part of the Union strategy. It was to subdue the state during the Civil War. It ended in Dec. 22, 1864. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation. It was also an executive order. It was issued by President Abraham Lincoln. On Jan. 1 1863. -
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Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg started in July 41, 1863. It ended in July 3,1863. In and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. -
Battle of Chickamauga
The Battle of Chickamauga started in Sept. 19, 1863. It ended in Spet. 20, 1863. It marked the end of a Union offensive. Which was in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia called the Chickamauga Campaign. -
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Andersonville Prison Camp
It is located near Andersonville, Georgia. Andersonville Prison Camp started from February 1864. Until the end of the American Civil War. Which was in April 1865. -
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Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
The Atlanta Campaign was a series of battles. Which were fought in the Western of the American Civil War. It started in may 1864. It ended in September 2, 1864. -
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Sherman's March to the Sea
It lasted from November 15 until December 21, 1864. Union General William T. Sherman led 60,000 soldiers on a march. It was a 285-mile march. The purpose of this “March to the Sea” was to frighten Georgia's civilian population into abandoning the Confederate cause. -
Thirteenth Amendment
It was passed by Congress on January 31, 1865. It was ratified on December 6, 1865. The 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States. It was excepted as punishment for a crime. -
Freedmen's Bureau
The U.S. Bureau of Refugees were known as the Freedmen's Bureau. it was founded in 1865. It was establised by Congress. It was to help former black slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the U.S. Civil War. -
Ku Klux Klan Formed
The Ku Klux Klan is the name of three distinct movements. It was in the United States. It was founded in 1865. It extended into almost every southern state by 1870 -
Fourteenth Amendment
The 14th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on July 9, 1868. It granted citizenship to all people born in the United States. Which included all freed slaves. It one of the Reconstruction Amendments. -
Fifteenth Amendment
Passed by Congress February 26, 1869. It ratified February 3, 1870. It prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote. It let African Americans vote. -
Atlanta Braves
The Atlanta Braves are a Major League Baseball team. In Atlanta, Georgia. Playing in the Eastern Division. Of the National League. -
Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott v. Sandford was a landmark decision. Made by the U.S. Supreme Court. It was in 1875. The court held that African Americans, whether enslaved or free, could not be American citizens. -
Ivan Allen Jr.
<a href='' >http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/ivan-allen-jr-1911-2003</a>
Ivan Allen, Jr. was an American businessman who served two terms as the Mayor of Atlanta. He was Mayor of Atlanta during the turbulent civil rights era of the 1960s. Allen provided the leadership for transforming the segregated and economically Old South to the progressive New South. His commitment to urban transformation founded in social justice became a cornerstone of Ivan Allen College. -
Richard Russell
Richard Brevard Russell, Jr. was an American politician from Georgia. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He briefly served as speaker of the Georgia house. And then as Governor of Georgia -
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International Cotton Exposition
<a href='' >http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/cotton-expositions-atlanta</a>International Cotton Exposition was a world's fair held in Atlanta, Georgia. Through Oct. 5 to Dec. 31 in 1881. It planned to show the progress made since the city's destruction. It also showed the new developments in cotton production. -
Carl Vinson
Carl Vinson was from Georgia. He was a United States Representative. He was a Democrat. He was also the first person to serve for more than 50 years in the United States House of Representatives. -
William B. Hartsfield
<a href='' >http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/william-b-hartsfield-1890-1971</a>
William B. Hartsfield was mayor of Atlanta. He helped negotiate desegregation of the city’s businesses. When Martin Luther King, Jr. and others were arrested during demonstration ,Hartsfield personally saw to it that the charges were dropped. King expressed his appreciation for Hartsfield’s leadership over the years in a 1965 letter. -
Benjamin Mays
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Benjamin Elijah Mays was an American black minister. He was also a educator, sociologist, and social activist. He later on became the president of Morehouse College in Atlanta. He died in March 28, 1984. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision. It was upholding the constitutionality of state laws. Requiring racial segregation in public facilities. Which meant "seperate and equal" was okay. -
1906 Atlanta Riot
<a href='' >http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/atlanta-race-riot-1906</a>The Atlanta riot of 1906 was a mass civil disturbance in Atlanta. It started in Sept. 22 1906. It lasted 2 days.The main cause of the riot was newspaper-publicized many incidents by African American men. -
Herman Talmadge
<a href='' >http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/herman-talmadge-1913-2002</a>
Talmadge was a Senator from Georgia. He was born in Aug. 9 1913. He attended public schools in and received a law degree from the University of Georgia at Athens in 1936. His death was on March 21, 2002. -
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World War l
World War I is also known as the First World War or the Great War. It was a global war. It was mostly centered in Europe. It began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. -
Leo Frank Case
Leo M. Frank was a Jew. On August 17, 1915 was lynched for the murder. It was of thirteen-year-old Mary Phagan. She was a factory employee. -
Lester Maddox
Lester Garfield Maddox, Sr., was an American politician. Who was the 75th Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia. He was born in September 30, 1915. He died in June 25, 2003. -
Unit County System
The county unit system was established in 1917. It when the Georgia legislature. Whih was overwhelmingly dominated by the Democratic Party. The Georgia legislature passed the Neill Primary Act. -
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Jimmy Carter in Georgia
Jimmy Carter was the 39th president of the United States. He was born in Oct. 1 1924. In the small farming town of Plains, Ga. He grew up in the nearby community of Archery. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
<a href='' >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.</a>
Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta. he was an American Baptist minister. He was also an activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He was assassinated on April 4, 1968. -
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Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the 1930s. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations. In most countries of the world, recovery from the Great Depression began in 1933. In the U.S., recovery began in early 1933. -
Andrew Young
Andrew Jackson Young is an American politician. He was also a diplomat, activist and pastor. He was from Georgia. He has served as a Congressman and was mayor of Atlanta. -
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Agricultural Adjustment Act took place in 1933. Former U.S. government agency established in the Dept. of Agriculture. It under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933. As part of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal program. -
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Holocaust
The Holocaust is also known as the Shoah. It was a genocide. There were approximately six million Jews were killed. They were killed by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. -
Civilian Conservation Corps
The Civilian Conservation Corps was a public work relief program. It operated from 1933 to 1942. It was part of the New Deal. It was for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families. -
Social Security
In the United States, Social Security is primarily the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance federal program. The original Social Security Act was in 1935. The current version of the Act, as amended, encompass several social welfare. Also social insurance programs. -
Rural Electrification
Rural electrification is the process of bringing electrical power to rural and remote areas. RUS traces its roots to the Rural Electrification Administration. It was one of the New Deal agencies created under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The REA was created on May 11, 1935, with the primary goal of promoting rural electrification. -
Maynard Jackson Elected Mayor
Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr. was his full name. He was an American politician. He was also a member of the Democratic Party and the first African American mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. He served three terms. -
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World War ll
WWll was after WWl. World War II is also known as the Second. It was a global war. It lasted from 1939 to 1945, though related conflicts began earlier. -
Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike. It was conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States. In the United States Territory of Hawaii. On the morning of December 7, 1941. -
Atlanta Hawks
The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team. They were based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are part of the Southeast Division. Of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association. -
1946 Governor's Race
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The 1946 governor's race is known as the three governors controversy. When Eugene Talmadge died, the General Assembly chose his son, as governor. The lieutenant governor Melvin Thompson, objected and claimed that he should be the new governor. Georgia Supreme Court decided for Melvin Thompson. -
Brown v. Board of Education
<a href='' >http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/landmark_brown.html</a>
Despite the Amendments, African Americans were often treated differently than whites. Especially in the South. The case that came to be known as Brown v. Board of Education was actually the name given to five separate cases that were heard by the U.S. Supreme Court concerning the issue of segregation in public schools. Marshall personally argued the case before the Court. -
1956 State Flag
<a href='' >http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/state-flags-georgia</a>
The Georgian state flag that was used from 1956 to 2001. It featured a prominent Confederate battle flag. It was designed by Democrat John Sammons Bell. He was a World War II veteran and an attorney who was an outspoken supporter of segregation. -
Sibley Commission
The Sibley Commission was in 1960.Governor Ernest Vandiver Jr., forced to decide between closing public schools or complying with a federal order to desegregate them. Tapped state representative George Busbee to introduce legislation. Creating the General Assembly Committee on Schools. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was often pronounced "snick". It was one of the most important organizations. It was an organization of the American Civil Rights Movemen. The organization as founded in the 1960s. -
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter
Holmes and Hunter became the first two African American students admitted to the University. Which was one of many segregated southern institutions. It was in Jan. 17, 1961. When they initially tried to apply in the Winter Quarter of 1959, they were not accepted because of “limited space.” -
The Albany Movement
The Albany Movement was a desegregation coalition. It was formed in Albany, Georgia. It was in November 17, 1961, by local activists. Like the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington was for Jobs and for Freedom. It was one of the largest political rallies for human rights in United States history. It was called for civil and economic rights for African Americans. It took place in Washington. -
The Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act is a landmark piece. Of civil rights legislation in the United States. that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, or national origin. It was n Jul. 2, 1964 -
Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team. They are based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a member of the South Division. Of the National Football Conference in the National Football League. -
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1996 Olympic Games
The 1996 Summer Olympics was a major international multi-sport event. That took place in Atlanta, Georgia. It started in Jul. 19, 1996. It ended in Aug. 4, 1996. -
WEB DuBois
W. E. B. stands for William Edward Burghardt . Du Bois was an American sociologist. He was also a historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author and editor. He born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. -
John and Lugenia Hope
Lugenia Burns married John Hope. They got married in 1897. She moved with him to Atlanta. When he joined the faculty of the Atlanta Baptist College. -
Eugene Talmadge
Eugene Talmadge was a Democratic politician. Who served two terms as the 67th Governor of Georgia. From 1933 to 1937, and a third term from 1941 to 1943. Elected to a fourth term in 1946, he died before taking office.
