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May 21, 1543
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. He is the first European documented as having crossed the Mississippi River. -
Mississipian
The Mississippian culture was a mound-building Native American civilization archeologists date from approximately 800 CE to 1600 CE, varying regionally. -
Oglethorpe Arrives
As visionary,
James Oglethorpe, the founder of Georgia, was a forward-thinking visionary who demonstrated great skill as a social reformer and military leader. This portrait is a copy of Oglethorpe University's oval portrait of Oglethorpe, which was painted in 1744. -
Charter of 1732
The first twenty years of Georgia history are referred to as trustee Georgia because during that time a Board of trustees governed the colony. England's King George signed a charter establishing the colony and creating its governing board on April 21, 1732. -
Highland Scots Arrive
The buffer colony would slow the Spanish forces or, hopefully, stop it completely. The Highland Scots arrived in 1736, and created their own small city named Darin. They raised cattle and timber very well, and were opposed to slavery. The Highland Scots were extremely invaluable to the colonists in 1742. -
Salzburger
The Georgia Salzburgers, a group of German-speaking Protestant colonists, founded the town of Ebenezer in what is now Effingham County. Arriving in 1734. -
Battle of Kettle Creek
The Battle of Kettle Creek (February 14, 1779) was a major encounter in the back country of Georgia during the American Revolutionary War. It was fought in Wilkes County about eight miles (13 km) from present-day Washington, Georgia. -
Austin Dabney
Austin Dabney was a slave who fought against the British in the American Revolutionary War. He was born a mulatto slave in Wake County, North Carolina, sometime in the 1760s. -
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American Revolution
The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783. The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies won independence from Great Britain, becoming the United States of America. -
Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention took place from May 25 to September 17, 1787, in the old Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
Georgia Ratifies Constittucion
No one knew, but it was sure to be a tough fight. Georgia called a special convention in Augusta to consider the proposed charter.
