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Jan 1, 1500
HERNANDO DE SOTO
De Soto arrived on the west coast of Florida on May 30, 1539 with 10 ships carrying over 600 soldiers, priests, and explorers. They spent four years searching for gold and silver, exploring the area, and brutally contacting native societies, including the Cherokees, Seminoles, Creeks, Appalachians, and Choctaws. De Soto died during the explorations and was buried on the banks of the Mississippi River in late June, 1542. -
Jan 1, 1539
spain
Spain, on Europe’s Iberian Peninsula, is really 17 autonomous regions, each with its own geography and culture. The capital. -
Jan 24, 1562
france
It had a population of 12,005,077 as of January 2014, or 18.2 percent of the population of France. -
james ogelthorpe
It was his work on the Prison Discipline Committee that brought him in contact with the idea of creating a colony of debtors in the New World. When he was a boy, James Edward Oglethorpe's oldest brother and father went off to fight in Queen Anne's War (War of Spanish Succession, 1702-1714), never to return. -
city of savannah
Savannah, a coastal Georgia city, is separated from South Carolina by the Savannah River. It’s known for its manicured parks, horse-drawn carriages and ornate antebellum architecture. -
tomochichi
Tomochichi was a seventeenth-century Creek leader and the head chief of a Yamacraw town on the site of present-day Savannah, Georgia. He gave his land to James Oglethorpe to build the city of Savannah. -
mary muskgrove
Mary Musgrove was a colonial American interpreter and negotiator of mixed Yamacraw and English ancestry. -
mississippan indian
The Mississippian period represents several major changes in prehistoric lifeways. Among the many technological innovations were the introduction of small projectile points, indicative of the use of the bow, and the use of new manufacturing techniques in ceramics. -
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Georgia History
