Georgia History Timeline Project

  • 17,355 BCE

    Highland Scots Arrive

    Highland Scots Arrive
    They was migrated to America, North Carolina was a more popular place to settle than any of the other colonies.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1000 to

    Mississippian

    Mississippian suffered the largest percentage of people who died in the Civil War of any Confederate State.
  • May 21, 1541

    Hernando De Soto

    Hernando De Soto
    Hernando De Soto was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern- day United States. De Soto's North American expedition was a vast undertaking.
  • Period: to

    American Revolution

    American Revoultion was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783.
  • Charter of 1732

    Charter of 1732
    The first twenty years of Georgia history are referred to as Trustee Georgia because during that time a Boarder Trustees governed the colony.
  • Oglethorpe Arrives

    Oglethorpe Arrives
    James Oglethorpe was born in Survey, the son of Sir Theophilus Oglethorpe. Oglethorpe and the Trustees formulated a contractual.
  • Salzburgers Arrive

    Salzburgers Arrive
    The community suffered British occupation during the revolution, but the Jerusalem Church founded by Bolzius still stand, a gathering place for descendants of the exiled German protestants who arrived in the colony on March 12, 1734.
  • Battle of Kettle Creek

    Battle of Kettle Creek
    The Battle of Kettle Creek was a minor encounter in the back country if Georgia during the American Revolutionary War.
  • Austin Dabney

    Austin Dabney
    Austin was a slave who became a private in the Georiga militia and fought against the British during Revolutionary War ( 1775-83).