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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
History of Georgia
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Jan 1, 1540
Hernando DeSoto Searched for Gold
He brought about 600 men to help him look for the gold. He marched north fro Tampa, Florida to Albany in modern Georgia. His dangerous weapons and war animals frightened the Native Amercians. Thousands of them died because of the diseases that the Spainards brought over to them. -
Jan 1, 1566
The Spanish Missions began
Spain put missions on Georgia's Cumberland Island and St. Katherine's Island (Santa Catalina). The missions were used to spread ther religion and find gold. They also used the missions because they wanted to make a barrier from the French and the British to keep them from invading. -
The Virginia Colonies were Established
It was England's first permenant colony in North America. The first three ships landed in Chesapeake Bay. After two years of being a colony, during the winter it almost starved. -
Battle of Bloody Marsh
This battle was a successful surprise attack on the Spanish by the British on St. Simon's Island. It was the beginning of a British dominance in that region. -
Proclamation of 1763
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Stamp Act
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The Quartering Act
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Son of Liberty was Formed
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Stamp Act REpealed
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Townshed Acts
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Boston Massacre
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Boston Tea Party
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Intolerable Acts
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Revolutionary War Begins
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Battle of Lexington and Concord
This conflict marked the beginning of the American Revolution. The Massachusetts militia fought against the British here. -
Declaration of Independence was Born
The Declaration of Indepence was made because the colonists were angry at the British for taxing them and making inapropriate laws. The British taxed them on sugar/molasses, stamps, paper, paint and many other products that angered the colonists. They were also angry because of the Intolerable Acts, which were: closing the Boston Harbor, forcing people to house and feed British soldiers at their own expense, making British people accused of a crime go back to Britain, and restraining rights. -
Battle of Kettle Creek
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Articles of Confederation
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Battle of Yorktown
The last battle of the Revolutionary war in which the British surrendered and signed the Treaty of Paris. -
Treaty of Paris
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Cotton Gin Created
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UGA was chartered
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Shay'sRebellion
DAniel Shay, a revolutionary War veteran, was falling behind on his taxes. He and some other farmers started a rebellion that veterans sould not have to pay taxes. THis rebellionspread as a wild fire. The worst thing was that there was no national army to stop them, or a nationol court system to punish them. -
Creation of the US Consitution
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Yazoo Fraud
In 1795 one of the worst political scandals of all time took place in GA. During this time period GA's legal boundary was the MIssissippi, but the federal government owned everything west of the Chatohochee River. 4 main land compainies decieded tosell the land even though it didn't belong to them. They bribed the legislative body to pass a bill. WHen the federal government found own, the documents where burned on the stepd of the louisville court house. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was a debate about slave and free states. They found a compromise saying that any state above the 36'30" (Missouri Compromise Line) will be a free state and any under it will be a slave state. -
Dalonega Gold Rush
THe Dahlonega Gold Rush was the second significant gold rush in the USA, and overshadowed the previous rush in North Carolina. By the early 1840's gold became difficult to find -
Indian Removal Act
A few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy. During the fall and winter of 1838 and 1839, the Cherokees were forcibly moved west by the United States government. Approximately 4,000 Cherokees died on this forced march, which became known as the "Trail of Tears." -
Nullification Crisis
Nullification- To become void, the cancel out
South Carolina wanted to cancel the federal tariffs that were hurting their cotton industry and wanted to leave the Union. Then, Andrew Jackson came in with an army of people and told them to not leave or we will go to war. Finally, they agreed to a lower tariff and the crisis ended. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
It created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820 by allowing white male settlers in those territories to determine through popular vote whether they would allow slavery within each territory. -
Siege of Savannah
