Georgia History Timeline Project

  • Jan 1, 1000

    Paleo

    Paleo
    They were nomades and hunther gathers. Hunted large game animals like mammoth,ground sloth,bison,and sabercat. No form of trade or religen.
  • Jan 1, 1000

    Woodland

    Woodland
    They lived in one place for lang periods of time. Started expermented with farming and pottry. Expermented with growing b eans,gourds,maze, and sqush.existed in 1000B.C -1000A.D. Some kind of trade and bering in beral mounds.
  • Jan 1, 1000

    Archaic

    Archaic
    They were seasnal migraters that move seasnaly .To spcific placecs. lived in pitehouses,mad bow and arrow at end of period. Had some form of trade but no religon.
  • Jan 1, 1000

    mississppian

    mississppian
    Most advanced genration of indans.they setled in permonent town and citys. Foned trade and religen.first to use wall and other defence methids.first to inconter english solders and explores.Have the most advanced goverment system.
  • Nov 1, 1540

    Hermado de soto

    Hermado de soto
    de soto was a spanish explorer. H e came looking for gold and treser. His solders killed hundreds of natives. and in the end he died and found no gold.
  • Charter of 1732

    Charter of 1732
    The charter of 1732 was the afisul creason of georgia. King george the secend sind it after oglthorp kinvensted hin to. This set the rules and leaders of the colony.the charter set that the colony whould be ruled by the trustees.
  • Georgia founded

    Georgia founded
    James oglthorp wanted to help the detters in prison after his frend died in prison. So he ask the king to let him to take the detters and give them a new start in life.He also sad it will provied resorses and he will name it after him. King georgeII sed yes.So oglthorp and a grope of trustees went a nd formed the colony of georgia.
  • salsburgers

    salsburgers
    The salsburgers were protestens exsieled from there home land. They arrived at the colony and oglthorpe let them in.
  • highland scots

    highland scots
    The highland scotes were the people oglthorp recruted to protect the colony. The reson he choese them was there argents. The scotes were strong,fearless,battleherded,and argent. They loved to fight and never back down from one even if they losted.
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    John Reynolds

    Reynolds was the first royal govener. He served many years in the royal army. He was alsl a gemral in the royal army. Then he became the govener of georgia. Evencaly he was replaced.
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    Henry Eillis

    Eillis was the secend royal govener and most love govener.He provied many thing for the colony.He also improved slavry in the colony.An made the colony hevaly relient on it. Eillis had to leve due to heat related illnesses.
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    James wright

    The last of the royal govener of georgia. He served the longest time of all the royal goveners. His serving patern when the same as the others. He was liked at first and the was hated and left office.
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    yazoo land faud

    In 1775 land companies bribed legislators to sell them land. After that they plane to sell the land at high prices. After long word got out and they were coot. The legislators were kick out of office and the land was given back to the state. So the land was turned into what we now call Mississippi and
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    Amercan Revolution

    The amercan revloution had begain when georgia had sent a letter to britton declering independons from britton. The king was very angered from this and declered war on the colony. The years following were the battles of the war. Ending with the colony's vitory over the british and becoming independent.
  • Elijah clark/Battle of ketal creak

    Elijah clark/Battle of ketal creak
    The battle of kettle cr. was verey inflenchel battle of the U.S. revolution.It also gave the patrites a advantige over the toreys.It also bosted moral for the tropes. An elijah clarke was a serviver of the battle.
  • Austin dabney

    Austin dabney
    Austin dabney was a black man invalved in the battle of kettlecr. He was a solder in the army at the time.He was one of the servivers of the battle. Dabney latter when on to be the first afrcan amercan to own land.
  • university of georgia founded

    university of georgia founded
    Jan. 27 of 1785 the first state suported university was formed. It was the first landgrant university. It is also the oldest and largest amd most comprehensive educational institution in Georgia.
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    capital moved to LOUISville

    In June 1786 on the 26 the capital of georgia was moved to LOUISville. The capital always moves to be in a centrlized pazison to the population.
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    constitutonal convention

    constitutonal convention is where the new constution was signed. Representives form all 13 coloneys came and signed. All 13 colony sent reprsintives to represent the colony. Each colony had someone to sign the constitutional. The number of reprseintives was bass on the population.
  • Missouri Compromise

  • Eli Whitney and the cotton Gin

    Eli Whitney and the cotton Gin
    In 1825 a man named Eli Whitney invented the cotton Gin. The cotton Gin revolution the production of cotton. Georgia stopped produsment otheer thing and just produsted cotton. Woth cotton being more produced there was a need for more slaves. As a resolt there was a signifcant grouth in slavery.
  • Dahlonega Gold Rush

    Dahlonega Gold Rush
    In Dehloega on oct. 27 a few prospeters found gold. That sparked the 1829 Gold Rush.People came from far and wide to try and strack it rick.After a time it was nere impposible to find gold. All the gold was gone and they cott word of gold west and headed off. It end as quick as it began.
  • Maynard jackson

    Maynard jackson
    Maynard jackson was born in texas 1938. His mother started the first African american public libary. Therby integating that institution.At the age of therty he ran for U.S. senate against enternchod incumbent Hermatalmage. Althought he won less then a third of the statewide vote. The next year he was electiod vice mayor.
  • The Albany Movement

    The Albany Movement
    In the fall of 1961 a voter registration drive was lounched.Groups of A.A. sat in at bus stations and restronts. It was the first mass movement in the civil right era. As a resalt over 1,000 african amercans were jailed.
  • Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter

    Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter
    The first two A.Amercans to go to U.G.A.
  • march on washinton

    march on washinton
    In Aug. of 1963 civil rights actvis and over 9,000 others came together to march to the capitil of the U.S.A. On that day Martin Luther King jr. gave his famis "I Have a Dream" speach. it was the largest civil right movment ever.
  • Andrew Young

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    Jimmy carter

    jimmy carter wasborn on October 1 1924 he was the 39th presadent to serve in office. He seved for 4 years.
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    1996 Olympic Games

    In 1996 the Olympic games were held in Atlanta Ga. Many great athletic team from around the world came to compete in the games. The opening was preformed by the presadent at the time Bill Clinton. OVER 9,000 men and weman partispated in the games.
  • Sibley commission