Georgia History Timeline Project

  • Jan 1, 1400

    Paleo

    Paleo
    Paleo indians never settled they always moved place to place.This is because they followed food sources.They used large spear heads and clovis points.They huted large game animals .
  • Jan 1, 1410

    Archaic

    Archaic
    Archiaic indians are kinda of like Paleo indians,but they go to the same places every season.For shelter they use caves, pithouses, and rocks.Their spear heads are thinner, smaller, and more pointed than paleos.They also used bow and arows.
  • Jan 1, 1445

    Woodland

    Woodland
    woodland is like Paleo and Archaic but its a little more advested.They begain to trade.Towards the end they started useing bow and arrow also did potery.They also begian farming.They stayed in one place.They started to hunt small game animals.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1500 to Jan 1, 1520

    mississippian

    Mississippianwas the most advensted of paleo,archic,and woodland.they traded things also did potery.farming.etc.They only haunted small game animals.There were religon and also villiges
  • Nov 1, 1540

    Desoto

    Desoto
    Desoto came to Georgia in search of gold and treasure.Thousands of natives were killed during battles.Also thousands died diseases that was brought from the exploration.This took 1/2 of the population away.
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    James Wright

  • Charter of 1732

    Charter of 1732
    Charter of 1732 was signed by king George the 2cd.King George was king of England during the colonial period.The colony's corporate chater was granted to general James Oglethoroe on April 21,1732.
  • Georgia Founded

    Georgia Founded
    Georgia, was the 13th and last colony to be established. James Edward Oglethorpe was the moving force behind the founding of the colony. Oglethorpe was a wealthy Londoner who spent his life working with the poor. He believed that the colony would be a better place to send poor people, many of whom were in debtor's prisons. Founding a new colony to the south of South Carolina also served the strategic purposes of England, creating a barrier against the Spanish in Florida.
  • highland scots

    The highland scots arrived january 10,1736.
  • Elijah Clarke/kettle cr.

  • Auatin Dabney

  • salzburgers

    salzburgers
    Salzburgers,lutherans who were expelled by the roman catholic bishop of salzburg austra.Salzburgers arrive at the mouth of the savannah river in the british colony of georgia.French troops take Phillippsburg but the Duke of Berwick is killed.
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    John Reynolds

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    Henry Ellis

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    american revolution

  • University of Georgia founded

    The University of Georgia, founded in 1785, and commonly referred to as UGA or simply Georgia, is an American land-grant university and sea grant research university. Its primary campus is located on a 759-acre (3.07 km2) campus in Athens, Georgia, USA. It is considered Georgia's flagship university.[7] The university is ranked 20th overall among all public national universities in the current 2014 U.S. News & World Report rankings[8] consistently ranks within the top 500 international universit
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    contitutional convention

  • capital moved to louisville

    Louisville was laid out in 1786 as the prospective state capital. Georgia became a state in 1788. Savannah had served as the colonial capital; but it was considered too far from the center of the growing state. Louisville was named for Louis XVI, who was still the King of France and had aided the Continentals during the successful American Revolution. Development of the city began later, and its state government buildings were completed in 1795. The city of Louisville served as the state capital
  • Georgia Ratifies Constitution

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    Jimmy Carter in Georiga

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    1996 Olympic Games

    atlanta hosted the centennial summer olympic games an event that was without a doubt the largest under taking in the city's history.The goal of civic leaders was to promote Atlanta's image as international city ready to play an importane role in globol commerce.Preparations for the olympics took more than 6 years after the awarding of the bid to Atlanta and has an estimated impact on the city of at least 5.14 billion dallors.