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1st President, George Washington born.
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King George II signs charter establishing colony of Georgia.
King George II signed the charter that founded the colony of Georgia in 1732. James Oglethorpe convinced the king that England needed a barrier between South Carolina and Spanish Florida, so Georgia became the first new British colony in North America in more than 50 years.
This event was chosen because it marks the beginning of the State of Georgia -
Native American hostages killed in Prince George, SC.
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James Wright becomes Royal Governor of Georgia.
James Wright, (May 8, 1716 – November 20, 1785), was an American colonial attorney and the last British Royal Governor of the Province of Georgia. He was the only Royal Governor of the Thirteen Colonies to recapture control of his colony during the American Revolutionary War.
This event was chosen because it marks a time when the colony of Georgia began to take shape politically. -
Boston Tea Party.
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War with Creek Indians starts over ceded lands.
For the majority of Georgia's colonial period, the Creeks Indians outnumbered both European colonists and African slaves and occupied more land than these newcomers. In the 1760s the Creeks become a minority population in Georgia. They ceded the remainder of their properties to the new state in the 1800s.
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Battle of the Rice Boats - Yamacraw Bluff.
The Battle of the Rice Boats, also called the Battle of Yamacraw Bluff, was a land and naval battle of the American Revolutionary War that took place around the Savannah River on the boundary separating the Province of Georgia and the Province of South Carolina on March 2 and 3, 1776. The conflict matched the Patriot militia from Georgia and South Carolina opposite a small fleet of the Royal Navy.
This event was chosen due to its importance showing the rebellion of the Colony of Georgia -
Patrick Henry "Give me liberty or give me death" speech.
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Declaration of Independence.
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Lymon Hall, George Walton, and Button Gwinnett sign the Declaration of Independence.
The Declaration of Independence was formally signed on August 2nd, 1776, by the delegates to the Second Continental Congress, including the three Georgia delegates remaining - Button Gwinett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton.
This event marks a pivotal time when the Declaration of Independence and that representatives from Georgia were present is crucial to the survival of the State of Georgia. -
Georgia ratifies the Constitution.
On January, 2nd, 1788, Georgia called a special convention in Augusta to consider the proposed charter. The delegates voted collectively to ratify the new U.S. Constitution, the fourth state to do so.
This event was picked because is shows the depth with which the State of Georgia backs the Constitution. -
25% of Louisiana population dies in fire.
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1st United States President elected, George Washington.
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First General Assembly held under New State Constitution.
The General Assembly, the legislative branch of the state's government, was organized during the American Revolution in 1777 and is older than the United States Congress. Throughout its existence, the Assembly has moved four times when the state capital changed its location. The first location the Assembly served in was Savannah, it then moved to Augusta, then Louisville, moving from there to Milledgeville, and finally to Atlanta.
Choosing this event shows the progress of Politics in the State. -
First Land Lottery held in Georgia.
The first land lottery was held in 1805 and was authorized by the legislature on May 11, 1803, it involved 490-acre plots in Wayne County and 202.5-acre plots in Baldwin and Wilkinson counties. In the land lottery, public properties in the interior of the state were separated and awarded to small yeoman farmers based on a system of qualification and chance.
This event shows the progress the state has made from giving all the land to just the wealthy and or slave owners. -
Lewis and Clark build Fort Clatsop.
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Georgia joins other states forming the Confederate States of America.
The Confederacy is established. South Carolina was the first to secede, on December 20, 1860, followed by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. On February 8, 1861, legislators of those states announced the formation of the Confederate States of America, with its capital in Montgomery, Alabama.
This event marks the beginning of what would culminate in the Civil war, the makings of the Confederate States. -
Abraham Lincoln elected President; Southern states begin to secede.
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Harriet Tubman leads Union Soldiers in an attach in South Carolina.
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St. Simons Island lost to Union troops.
Early in the war, 1,500 Confederate troops were sent to St. Simons Island to secure it against the Union blockade. By the end of 1862, General Robert E. Lee had commanded those troops to travel north to assist in the defense of Savannah, which left St. Simons open to Union capture.
This event shows one of the reasons why the Confederacy lost the war. Moving their troops proved pivotal in the success of the Union army. -
Lincoln re-elected President for 2nd term; Grant takes command of the Union Army.
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Battle of Atlanta; Sherman's March to the Sea.
General Sherman’s troops conquered Atlanta on September 2, 1864. This was a significant victory because Atlanta was a railroad hub and the manufacturing center of the Confederacy. Union General William T. Sherman drove approximately 60,000 soldiers on a 285-mile march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia. The goal of Sherman’s March to the Sea was to intimidate Georgia’s nonmilitary population into surrendering the Confederate cause.
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Congress bars Georgia Delegation from being seated; Military rule returns to Georgia.
When Congress opened the electoral votes in 1869 there was a question as to whether the Georgia vote should be counted due to widespread charges of intimidation of the negro vote. In March 1869, the Georgia representatives presented themselves for admission, but they were refused seats. Because of the questionable state of affairs in Georgia, Congress took advantage of a technical flaw in their credentials to prevent their admission. With this event, military rule was returned to Georgia. -
Ulysses S. Grant becomes 18th President of the United States.
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15th Amendment of Constitution ratified - race no longer a ban on voting.
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Federal troops withdraw; Georgia readmitted to the Union.
Despite the hardships of the Civil War, Georgia had grown by 1870 to a state of 1,184,109 people. Cities were developing, a new Georgia constitution had been adopted in 1867, and federal troops withdrew.
This event was chosen to show that the State of Georgia had moved passed its old ways and had begun to adopt the new thought processes of the rest of the country. -
Grady hospital accepts first patients.
Henry W. Grady, who was considered the spokesman of the South, repeatedly requested the development of a hospital in Atlanta for poor blacks and whites. It was built and later dedicated on May 25, 1892, and admitted its first patient in June 1892.
Grady Hospital is a leading trauma center in the entire country and the first patients admitted marks the beginning of an extremely important hospital in the United States. -
Pledge of Allegiance recited for the first time in public school.
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W.E.B. DuBois organizes Niagara movement.
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President Roosevelt visits Roswell, Atlanta, Bulloch Hall and Piedmont Park.
President Roosevelt's New Deal was a major turning point in the history of Georgia. It is said that he got most of the inspiration for his New Deal while visiting Warm Springs, GA. President Roosevelt came to the Atlanta area to tour the area and see some of the more influential areas.
This event was chosen to show the relationship between Georgia and the President who initiated the New Deal. -
Firemen go on strike over black workers being hired on the Georgia railroad.
Showing that racism and segregation were still alive and well in the state of Georgia, Firemen go on strike to boycott the employment of black workers on the Railroad.
This event was chosen to show that Georgia still had not gotten passed its racially segregated ways and thoughts. -
NAACP,(National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), established.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, and Moorfield Storey. -
Kennesaw Mountain becomes a memorial to fallen soldiers of Civil War.
Kennesaw Mountain was a pivotal place for the Civil War. Many very important battles were fought here and countless lives were lost. Responsibility of the Mountain was transferred to the National Parks service and it was officially authorized by Congress to be a memorial to the men that died during the Civil War.
This event was chosen due to the significance of the battles fought on and around Kennesaw mountain and the men that died there. -
United States enters World War I declared by President Woodrow Wilson.
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World War I ends with Treaty of Versailles.
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Fort Oglethorpe designated as 6th Cavalry headquarters.
The site born from blood, the Battle of Chickamauga was fought here and was among the bloodiest battle in US history. Named after James Oglethorpe, this location was selected to be the site of the massive Fort Oglethorpe (the original in savannah was renamed) and became home to the 6th Cavalry.
This event was picked for its significance of making a cavalry headquarters in the location of the most bloody battle in history of the country. -
19th Amendment gives women the right to vote.
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Eugene Debs (prisoner #9653 of Atlanta Federal Penitentiary) gets 919,799 votes in the Presidential election.
Presidential elections are fairly strictly run and as such it was a shock that an inmate located in the Atlanta Federal prison received almost 920,000 votes to represent the Socialist party as the President of the United States.
This event was picked due to the incredulous nature of a prisoner almost being elected as the President of the United States. -
Prohibition repealed; New Deal begins.
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Georgia ratifies 20th amendment.
In choosing to adopt the rulings of Congress, Georgia ratified the 20th amendment of the constitution imposing set dates for the President, vice President, senators and representatives to vacated their respective seats. This also set forth a detailed record of who would succeed the President should circumstances dictate the need.
Picking this event showed how Georgia truly has changed in its political views. -
World War II begins in Europe.
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Atlanta becomes 1 of 12 hubs when the National Air Traffic Control Network begins.
Showing how far Atlanta has come since being a small colony, Atlanta has become a major air traffic hub and continues to be a major point in air travel to this day.
This event was picked to show exactly how much the colony of Georgia has grown and evolved. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor; United States enters war.
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Atlanta Mayor Roy Legraw (Lt. Colonel in Georgia National Guard) resigns office to be active duty.
Showing true pride and patriotism, Atlanta Mayor Roy Legraw who at the time was a Lt. Colonel in the Georgia National Guard, informed the City Council that he would be abdicating his office and going in to active duty status to fight in the war. This immediately followed the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on the same date.
This event was picked to show the dedication and servitude of its Mayor of the time. -
New State Constitution adopted; Atomic bomb dropped; WWII ends.
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President Franklin Roosevelt dies in Warm Springs, Georgia from a cerebral hemorrhage.
Our 32nd President of the United States, the author of the New Deal and founder of the Warm Springs Foundation died in the place that he got so much relief, Warm Springs GA. Dubbed Roosevelt's Little White House, the president came to this location over 40 times to reap the therapeutic benefits of the warm springs.
This event was chosen to honor the memory of the deceased President who founded the Warm Springs Foundation. -
Rosa Parks arrested in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Bomb thrown at the house of Martin Luther King.
Another example of the horrible prejudices that still existed and even flourished at this time. Beatings, lynchings, torture, rape and bombing of people's homes were not unheard of. The bomb thrown at the house of the most influential Civil Rights activist, Martin Luther King was meant to threaten, scare and intimidate the man. Fortunately there were no injuries from the incident.
This event was picked to show the depravity still being shown by racially motivated individuals. -
Martin Luther King's, "I Have A Dream," speech.
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Georgia comprehensively desegregates all public facilities.
Even though Georgia was 8 months ahead of the Civil Rights Act in desegregating all of its public facilities, it was still long over due. In what would seem like Georgia finally realizing the true horror in the way they treated black people, the state enacted this full desegregation before it was legally obligated to do so.
This event was picked to show that Georgia had finally made progress to racially evolve with the rest of the country.