Georgia History Checkpoint 1

  • Period: Jan 1, 1000 to

    Mississippian

    They ate corn,squash,and beans.They were Native Americans.They lived in Midwestern and southeastern U.S.
  • May 21, 1542

    Hernando de Soto

    Hernando de Soto
    Hernando de Soto was invited by Davila,the governor of Darien to join him on an expedition to the West Indies when he was 14.He went on the voyage.At 32,Hernando de Soto was named second in command to the explorer Francisco Pizzaro on his expedition to conquer Peru.
  • Salzburgers Arrive

    Salzburgers Arrive
    Boltzius was their leader.They went to Georgia in order to protect Savannah.They lived near the Savannah River
  • Charter of 1732

    Charter of 1732
    James Oglethorpe organized the Georgia Trustees.England's King George signed a charter establishing the colony and creating its governing body on April 21,1732.
  • Battle of Kettle Creek

    Battle of Kettle Creek
    Colonel Andrew Pickens of South Carolina with Colonel John Dooly and Lieutenant Colonial Elijah Clarke won.It was a major encounter in the back country of Georgia during the American Revolutionary War.The loyalists at Kettle Creek were headed to Augusta when Pickens's,Dooly's,and Clarke's 340 Patriot Militiamen caught up with them.
  • American Revolution

    American Revolution
    The battle started at Lexington,Concord.It was all about winning independence from Great Britain.It began by having the American colonies and the British government approach the breaking point
  • Oglethorpe Arrives

    Oglethorpe Arrives
    He was a British soldier,Member of Parliament,and philantropist,as well as the founder of the colony of Georgia.Georgia was named after King George 2nd of England.As a social reformer,he hoped to resettle Britain's worthy poor in the New World,initially focusing on these in debtors' prisons.
  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention
    The Constitutional Convention of May 1787 was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where delegates from 12 of the 13 states were present.The point of the event was decide how America was going to be governed.Although the Convention had been officially called to revise the existing Articles of Confederation, many delegates had much bigger plans.
  • Georgia Ratifies Constitution

    Georgia Ratifies Constitution
    Georgia called a special convention in Augusta to consider the proposed charter. The delegates voted unanimously to ratify the new U.S. Constitution, the fourth state to do so, on January 2, 1788,
  • Austin Dabney

    Austin Dabney
    He was born a mulatto slave in Wake County, North Carolina, sometime in the 1760s.Austin Dabney (c. 1765-1830) was a slave who fought against the British in the American Revolutionary War.Austin Dabney is just one of the important people that were involved in the American Revolution.
  • Highland Scots Arrive

    Highland Scots Arrive
    They wanted to create their own small city.They first settled in Ebenezer.They would move in big,organized groups.