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1733
James Oglethorpe, British General and member of Parliament seeking to resettle debt prisoners in Georgia, arrives to the shores of what would become the Colony of Georgia -
1745
James Oglethorpe goes to England and ends the alcohol restrictions that made the colony dry. They colony also demanded the ability to own slaves, the right to land reform, and self-government -
1755
Revolutionary War begins, Georgia becomes a state thereafter adopting its constitution on February 5, 1777 -
1837
The city of Atlanta was founded. First named Marthasville in honor of the then-governor's daughter, and nicknamed Terminus for its rail location. It was changed soon after to Atlanta, the feminine of Atlantic in reference to the railroad. -
1840's
Temperance groups gained momentum as the social costs of alcohol consumption grew increasingly more apparent -
1861-1865
Civil War -
1867-1876
Reconstruction Era -
1880
Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) established its first society in Georgia, and in three years later a statewide WCTU was organized -
1884
An umbrella organization, called the Georgia Temperance Association, was created. It was superseded in 1905 when the Anti-Saloon League of America was organized in the state -
1887
The City of Atlanta officials passed legislation that made liquor and beer licenses a luxury item few could afford -
1906
Atlanta Race Riot allegations were made that blamed immigrant and African-American saloons for the riot and by 1908 prohibition was passed statewide -
1918
Georgia ratified the Eighteenth Amendment for national prohibition -
1919
Across the country, the Eighteenth Amendment was ratified banning the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol. The era of prohibition in the United States began -
1933
Federally, the the 18th Amendment was repealed by the 21st Amendment -
1935
Georgia repeals its own statewide prohibition -
1990
Atlanta's beer culture begins to take off -
1993
Atlanta Brewing, now known as Red Brick, is the state’s oldest operating craft brewery. The brewery’s name change in 2010 was attributed to a speech from Atlanta Mayor James M. Calhoun during the Civil War, where he said the city would “rise from the ashes” and its infrastructure rebuilt “one red brick at a time. -
2011
Cities and counties across Georgia were allowed to decide whether or not to sell alcohol on Sundays -
2017
Georgia became the last state in the country to allow breweries to directly sell to customers
