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Jan 1, 1000
Paleo Period
Paleo Info The Paleo indians developed from Asian migration. They were nomadic hunters and gathers. The reason they moved is because they followed the animals. They had a spearhead called the clovis point. The hunted the large game animals. -
Jan 1, 1000
Archaric period
Archaic Info They moved with the seasons. They lived in pithouses, caves, or underground shelter. Had simple and smaller thinner spearheads. They hunted smaller game animals. -
Jan 1, 1000
Woodland Period
Woodland Info They began to form tribes. They lived in round houses that still resembled huts. Had a bow and arrow and some pottery. They started to experiment with farming. Still hunted small game animals. Had some burial and rock mounds. -
Period: Jan 1, 1000 to
Mississippian Period
Mississippian Info
They began to form cities. Had some sort of government. Also, a social ranking, and european contact. They had the most advanced bow and arrow. They were the frist to live off of farming. They still small game animals. Had some trade, and they had the most advanced religion. -
Nov 1, 1540
Hernando Desoto
Desoto Info
Desoto came to Georgia in search of gold. He killed thousands of the natives during battle. Also, thousands of natives were killed by diseases he brought over. His search was not a sucess. Desoto died somewhere along the Mississippi River. -
Charter of 1732
Charter of 1732 Info
James Oglethorpe asked the king for a charter. Oglethorpe wanted to start a colony for deabtors. So the prisons would not be overcrowed. It was also for unemployed people, so they could start over in life. -
Georgia Founded
Georgia Founded Info
James Oglethorpe founded Georgia. he was given a charter by the king. Oglethorpe named Georgia after King George the second. It was located between South Carolina and Flordia. -
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Highland Scots Arrivre
Highland Scots Info
They were from Scotland. There was 177 of them. The men were highly trained warriors. They came to help protect Georgia. -
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John Reynolds
John Reynolds Info
Reynolds was the 1st royal governor for Ga. He gave Ga our 1st self goveernment. It was a 2 house legistature. His major error was running the colony alone. The colonists got mad and the king senta replacement. -
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Henry Ellis
Henry Ellis
Ellis was the 2nd royal governor of Ga. He brought unity and had major economic growth. He helped the population grow, had a good relationship with the creeks. He helped secure peace and also helped during the war. He had to leave due to heat related illnesses. -
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James Wright
James Wright Info
Wright was Ga's 3rd and last royal governor of Ga. He expanded farms and trade. Also bulit up Savannah's defenses. The land that was owned in Ga increased. He created Ga's 1st newspaper. His major error was he tried to move the capitol and enforced the stamp act. -
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American Revolution
American Revolution
Ther were five things that led to the American Revolution. The 1st thing was the French and Indian War. The 2nd thing was the Proclamtion of 1763. The 3rd thing was the Stamp Act. The 4th thing was the Intolerable Acts. The 5th and the last thing that led to the American Revolution was The Declaration of Indeependence. -
Eligah Clarke? Battle of Kettle Creek
Eligah Clarke/ Kettle Creek Info
Eligah Clarke was the person who led Ga into the Battle of Kettle Creek. Georgia won the battle. Georgia gained much needed weapons. Also they got much needed horses. -
Austin Dabney
Austin Dabney Info
Dabney was of mixed hertiage. He was a revolutionary war hero. He was a leader during the Battle of Kettle Creek. He was wounded in battle and died latter on. -
University of Georgia Founded
University of Georgia Founded Info
The University of Georgia was the frist state supported university in the US. It was a land grant university. A. Baldwin was the frist president of UGA. It helped increased Ga's population, also gave us a smarter population. Athens was formed around UGA. -
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Capital moved to Louisville
Capital moved to Louisville
Louisville was named in honor of the king Louis the 16th of France. It was moved to remain central to westward expansion. It became the capital in 1796. The legislators wanted to keep up with the population movement. -
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Constitutional Convention
Constitutional Convention
Georgia ratifies the constitution like the US did to theirs. Before it was changed there was a lot of weaknesses. We had freedom of religion, press, and trail by jury. The state legislature held all the power. -
Georgia Ratifies Constitution
Georgia Ratifies Constitution
Ga ratifies the constitutin like the US did. Before it was changed there was alot of weaknesses. We had freedodm of religion, press, trail by jury. The state legislature held all the power. -
Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin Info
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. He made it easier to pick the seeds out of the cotton fibers. It increased cotton production in Ga. Pretty soon it was the only thing Ga produced. It increased the need for slaves. -
Yazoo Land Fraud
Yazoo Land Fraud Info
The Yazoo Land Fraud is where they sold land for cheap. Land compianes bribed legislators to sell land to them. The land was Indian land. Land compianes got the land and sold the land very cheaply. Then they started to sell land they did not have. Ga was punished by the Feds. -
Dahlonega Gold Rush
Dahlonega Gold Rush Info
The gold rush was when Indians found gold on their land. Ga saw it as one more reason to take their land. They passed a law that said that no Indian could mine gold on their own land. These made the Indians mad. -
Missouri Compromise
Missouri Compromise Info
Missouri became a slave state and Maine became a free state. The Missouri Compromise was a attempt to keep balance between the free and slave states. There was a line drawn with Missouri's southern border the north was free and the south was slave. The south and the north both supported it. -
Compromise of 1850
Compromise of 1850 Info
It was a compromise to keep balance of policies. The north enters California as a free state. The south gets the Fugitive Slave Law. The law said all runaway slaves must be returned. Uthah and New Mexico vote on slavery. -
Kansas - Nebraska Act
Kansas Nebraska Act Info
A law came out that said there was to be popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska. Proslavery settlers from Missouri and slavery settlers from Iowa flood the state. They start a fight causing the nickname Bleeding Kansas. The south supported the act because it opened up land for slaves. The north opposed it because it opened up land for slavery. -
Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott Case Info
Scott was a slave whose owners moved to a free state. Scott sues for freedom stating he should be free. The court rules, not free because he is not a citizen but is property where ever the owner goes. The south supported it because it opens up slavery everywhere. The north opposed it because it opens up slavery everywhere. -
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Union Blockade of Ga
Union Blockade of Ga Info
The Union blockade is weere the union blocked the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Over 650 private blockade runners. Ther was 6,000 vessels. Its frist name was the Anaconda Plan. -
Election of 1860
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln wins the presidency. He keeps slavery where it already existed. The south was unhappy and conlemplated leaving the Union. Ga decided to leave the Union. One person opposed he was Alexander Stephens. -
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Antietam Info
It was the bloodiest one day battle of the Civil War. There was 23,000 wounded, killed, or missing. It was led by Robert E. Lee. It was a Union victory. -
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Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Gettysburg Info
This battle was a turning point in the Civil War. It was another union victory. This battle resulted in Lees retreat. There was 51,000 casualities. -
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Battle of Chickamauga
Battle of Chickamauga Info
Braggs army defeated the Union. They had retreated by Nov. 1863. Grant arrived with more troops and recaptured Chattanaga. Forcing Braggs army to retreat south to Dalton. -
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Andersonvile Prison Camp
Andersonville Prison Camp Info
In 1864 the north stopped exchanging prisoners with the south. The military prisions overflowed. The condtions were bad. It existed for 15 months. 13,000 union prisoners died. Captain Henry Wirz was in charge. He was executed for excessive cruelty. -
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Shermans Atlanta Campaign
Shermans Atlanta Campaign
About 112,000 men started a campaign towards Atlanta. Atlanta was important because it had major industries and was a railroad hub. When the Unions left they burned Atlanta to the ground. -
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Shermans March to the Sea
Shermans March to the Sea Info
Sherman burned everything in his path. The damage was worth $100 million. The Union took Savannah. He took the cotton that the south had stored in Savannah. He sent it to the north and sold it. He cut of all Ga's Supplies. -
Ku Klux Klan Formed
KKK Formed Info
The KKK was formed in Pulaski, Tenessee. It was formed by former confederate solders. Its purpose was to imtimidate blacks through violence. they did it to keep blacks from voting and excercising their rights. -
Freedman's Bureau
Freedman's Bureau Info
The Freedman's Bureau was created to help freed slaves and poor whites. The purpose was to provide food, shelter, and education. These university and colleges was created to give them education. They created three universitys and colleges. -
Thirteenth Amendment
Thirteenth Amendment Info
The 13th Amendment was passed on Dec. 6,1865. It was passed to free all slaves. It also made slavery illegal. Use the sentence free citizens vote to rrember it. -
Henry McNeal Turner
Henry McNeal Turner Info
In 1867 blacks vote for the 1st time. Its the 1st time in Ga a republican governor is elected. There was 29 black legislators elected in Ga. All 29 were expelled from the General Assembly. The people who expelled them said they had a right to vote, but not the right to hold together. -
Fourteenth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment Info
The 14th Amendment was passed on July 28,1868. This made all freed slaves US citizens. Rember the sentence free citizens vote. -
Fifteenth Amendment
Ffifteenth Amendment Info
This amendment was passed on Feb. 3, 1870. It allowed freed slaves the right to vote. They could not discramiate based on race or color.Rember the sentence free citizens vote. -
Atlanta Braves
The Braves are the oldest continuosly opreating pro sports franchise in Ameria.They were in Milwaukee, Brooklen, and last but not least Atlanta. They joined the National Association on April 22, 1871. -
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Tom Watson and the Populists
He ran for both pres. and vice pres. but lost both elections. He created the rural free delivery route for the mail. He also helped African Americans. The populists was a third party system. He also supported small farms. -
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Carl Vinson
He was the father of the two ocean navy. He served 25 consecutive terms in the US House of Rep. He chaired the house Naval affairs committee for sixteen years. Also he served on the House of Armed Services committee for fourteen years. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
That seperate but equal was ok. -
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1906 Atlanta Riot
The 1906 Atlanta Riot was a race riot. Eighteen African Americans and three whites died. The riot lasted two days. It started when newspapers created false reports. -
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Leo Frank Case
Leo Frank was the owner of a pencil factory in Atlanta. The night watchman found a dead girls body in the basement. The body was Mary Phangan's. She was a child laborer, because she was only fourteen. Frank was arrested as was Jim Conely who also worked at the factory. They went to trail. It was important that Frank was a Jew and Conley was black. They later Frank got his sentence down to life in prision.. Conley was then found gulity. but brfore they could do anything Frank was hung. -
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Leo Frank Case
Leo frank Case Info
Frank was the owner of the pencil factory in Atlanta. The night watchmen found a girls body in the basement of the factory. The body was Mary Phangan she was only fourteen years old. Frank was arrested so was Jim Conley the jaintor. They went to trail. Something that is important is that Frank was a Jew and Conley was black. Frank was given a death sentence. They went back and revist -
Booker T. Washington
He was a slave. He gave the Atlanta Compromise Speech. He also founded the Tuskegee Institute. He believed african Americans should be patient and wait for equality. -
County Unit System
The county unit system was to try to balance the votes in the state. They made it were rural areas had more control over the votes. This just messed up the system even more. -
County Unit System
county unit system info
The county unit system was to try to balance the votes in the state. They made it where the more rural areas had more control over the votes. This just messed up the system even more. -
Benjamin Mays
He was a mentor to martin Luther King Jr. He was president of Morehouse College. He taught King to treat all people with respect. -
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Eugene Talmadge
He was the govornot of Ga during the Great depression. He had a lot of support from the rural white population. He used the county unit system to his advantage. he fired enemies and because he was an outspoken opponet to FDR's New Deal programs. he was elected to a thrid term but died before he could serve that term. -
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Great Depression
The stock market crashed. Alot of people lost their jobs. The banks closed. People lost life savings and their homes. -
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Holocaust
The holocaust was the murder of six million Jews by the Nazi Regime. It happened during World War Two in Germany. It was not just Jews. Alot of people were put in extermination camps. Adolf Hitler was the leader of Germany during World War Two. -
Civilian Conservation Corps
It was created by FDR. It was part of the New Deal. it put young men to work by creating public work projects. It helped the young men. -
Agricultural Adjustment Act
It was created by FDR. It was part of the New Deal. The government paid farmers. -
Social Security
It gives people benefits. -
Rural Electrification
It was created by FDR. It was part of the New Deal. It brought electricity to the rural areas in the US. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor an American Naval Base. The next day the US decleared war. It was the second world war. -
1946 Governor's Race
It was a major controversy. There was total confusion. It happened in 1946. Talmadge died eventually his son took over. -
John and Lugenia Hope
They fought for African Americans. He was a member of the NAACP. He also helped with education for African Americans. She founded the Neighborhood Union. -
Herman Talmadge
He was govornor of Ga. He did not want to integrate the state. he helped with public education. He changed the school year to nine months. -
Brown v Board of Education
Brown wanted all scholls to combine. Brown also said that according to tests segreated schools had a tendency to make black children feel inferior to white children. They ruled that all schools had to desegregation. And to proceed with all deliberate speed. -
1956 State Flag
It was protested by the brown v Board of Edu. Because they added the Conf. battle emblem to the falg. There were more protests. In 1990 to remove the Conf. emblem. -
Sibley Commission
It was a study led by John Sibley. The gov. wanted to know how the state felt about school intergation. The study determined Ga would rather close public schools rather then desgragate. John Sibley recommended desegregation. -
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
It's nickname is SNCC. It was agroup of students who organized non violent protests.They wanted inequality in the south. -
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The Albany Movement
The Albany Movement Info
More than 1000 african americans were put in jail. Dr. Martiin Luther King Jr. was there and got arrested. It was the first mass movement in the civil rights era to have its goal as the desegregation of an entrie community. -
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter
They were the frist two Africian American's to attend UGA. -
Ivan Allen Jr.
He was a mayor of Atlanta. They brought growth to Ga. He brought sports teams to Ga. Helped during the civil rights movement. -
March on Washington
March on Washington Info
It was led by Martin Luther King Jr.. He gave hid famous " I have a dream" Speech. Alot of people marched. -
Wed DuBois
He was the funder of the Niagara Movement. He wrote a book. He wanted equality for African Americans. Also that thay should have a higher education. -
Civil Rights Act
Civil Rights Act Info
The decision in Brown v Board of Eduction started it. Presidsent Kenndy prosped a law aganist discrimination. After JFK's assassination the Civil Rights Act was passed. There was opposition in the House of Rep. and one of the longest debates in Senate history. -
Martin Luther King Jr
He was born in Atlanta. He was a civil rights leader. He believed in peaceful negations for civil rights. He also organized the March on Washington. He was arrested during the Albany Movement. he was assinated by James Earl Ray. -
Lester Maddox
He was a governor of Ga. He liked segreagation. -
Atlanta Hawks
They play at Phillips Arena. The team colors are red, black, and gold. The mascots are the Skyhawk and Harry the Hawk. The moved from St. Louis. -
richard Russell
He was in the US Senate. -
William Hartsfield
He was mayor of Atlanta. he made Atlanta a center for aviation. Helped during the civil rights movement. They brought growth to Ga. -
Richard Russell
He was in the US Senate. He was on the Naval Affairs Committee. He helped Ga a lot. -
Maynard Jackson Elected Mayor
Maynard Jackson Elected Mayor Info
He helped bring the olympic games to Atlanta. He was on the Us Senate. He was vice mayor. Then became president of the city council. -
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Jimmy Carter in Ga
Jimmy Carter in Ga Info
He was the only Georgian elected president of the United States. He was in the US Navy. He held two senate terms on the Georgia General Assembly. Also held one term as governor of Ga. -
Andrew Young
Andrew Young Info
He was the first African American represenative of Congress since the age Henry McNeal Turner. He was a civil rights activist and served with Martin Luther King Jr.. He was the second African American mayor of Atlanta. He worked to bring the Olympic Games to Atlanta. -
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1996 Olympic Games
1996 Olympic Games Info
The goal of the games was to promote Atlanta's image as a international city ready to play an important role in gobal commerce. They had to build new sport venues. It brought in more than 2 million viitors. People had transportation problems. They were late in reporting the results of the athletic events because the computer system failed. This helped Atlanta grow.
