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paleo
the first colonization of the new world by the homospians. the period was 12,000 years ago -
Jan 1, 1000
archaic
this time was of the changing of climatic conditions in which may became significantly drier and warmer and the forests may have expanded.Time period 8000bc - 1000bc -
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Missisipian
This period happened in the Midwestern and southeastern United States saw the development of the most complex societies -
Jan 1, 1000
woodland
this period witnessed the development of many trends time period 1000bc - 1000ad -
Jan 1, 1500
Hernando de soto
The first European to explore the interior of Georgia was born in the year 1500 -
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John Reynolds
A British captain that served as a captain of the Royal Navy and served as Georgia's first royal governor -
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James wright
The third and last Royal governor played a key role in retarding the revolution after in went violent -
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Henry Ellis
Georgia second founder and second royal governor which he had fails as a administrator teaching Georgians how to govern theirselves -
Charter of 1732
Georgia trustees,Oglethorpe and twenty-one other man established that no man make profit of this settlement ounce the charter was finalized -
Salzburgers arrive
A group of German speaking Protestant founded a town called ebeneezer -
Highland scots arrive
A band of highland scots recruited from the vicinity of iverness arrived in savannah Georgia -
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American Revolution
Was a political upheaval the thirteen colonies rejected the British monarchy and overthrew the power of Great Britain -
austin dabney
Austin Dabney was a slave who became a private in the Georgia militia and fought against the British during the Revolutionary War -
yazoo land fraud
The Yazoo land fraud was one of the most significant events the post–Revolutionary War (1775-83) history of Georgia. The chaos climax to a decade of frenzied speculation in the state's lands, the Yazoo sale of 1795 did much to shape Georgia politics and to relations with the federal government for a generation. -
constitutional convention
Constitutional conventions are a distinctly American political innovation, first appearing during the era of the Revolutionary War -
Elijah Clarke /kettle cr.
As a lieutenant Clarke led the militia to a rebel victory at kettle creek georgia -
university of Georgia founded
incorporated by general assembly of Georgia . Georgia is the first to charter a state supported university -
capital moved to louisville
Louisville was the third capitol of georgia -
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, -
Georgia founded
Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe in January 17 1788 -
dahlonega gold rush
Benjamin Parks was walked through the woods when he kicked a stone. but the color of this one caught his eye. It was gold. -
worcester v. georgia
In the court case Worcester v. Georgia, the U.S. Supreme Court held in 1832 that the Cherokee Indians
Samuel Worcester, a missionary, defied Georgia through -
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trail of tears
The Indian-removal process continued. In 1836, the federal government drove the Creeks from their land for the last time 3,500 of the 15,000 Creeks who set out for Oklahoma did not survive the trip. -
compromise of 1850
War were resolved in the Compromise of 1850.It consisted of laws admitting California as a free state -
georgia platform
the nation facing the potential threat of disunion over the passage of the Compromise of 1850, Georgia, in a special state convention, adopted a proclamation the Georgia Platform -
kansas-nebraska act
On January 4, 1854, Stephen A. Douglas, wanting to ensure a northern transcontinental railroad route that would benefit his Illinois constituents, introduced a bill to organize the territory of Nebraska in order to bring the area under civil control. -
Tom Watson and the populist
The public life of Thomas E. Watson is perhaps one of the more perplexing and controversial among Georgia politicians. -
booker t. washington
Booker T. Washington was the most famous black man in America between 1895 and 1915. -
alonzo herndon
An African American barber and entrepreneur, Alonzo Herndon was founder and president of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, -
election of 1860
The Democratic Party was in 1860 when they convened in Charleston South Carolina -
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union blockade of georgia
During the Civil War the Union attempted a blockade the southern states. -
battle of antietam
The army of the potomac under the command of George McClellan, mounted a series of powerful assaults against Robert E. Lee forces near Sharpsburg Maryland -
emacipation proclamation
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1st 1863 as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. -
the battle of Gettysburg
is considered the most important engagement in American civil war . a great win over union at chanclleorsville -
battle of chickamaunga
On September 19,1863 Braxton Braggs army of Tennessee defeated a Union force commanded by general William Rosecrans in the Battle of Chickamauga -
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sherman's atlanta campaign
In the summer of 1864 during the U.S. Civil War (1861-65), Union General Sherman faced off against Confederate generals -
WEB dubois
William Edward Burghardt W. E. B. Du Bois 1868-1963 was was a leading African American sociologist writer and activist. -
john and lugenia hope
Prominent educator and college president John Hope was born on August 2, 1868 in Augusta, Georgia to a bi-racial couple.Lugenia Burns Hope is known as one of the most
effective social reformers in the South. -
international cotton exposition
International Cotton Exposition The International Cotton Exposition was a fair held in Atlanta Georgia. Its was made to show the progress since the Battle of Atlanta and the new developments in cotton productions. -
eugene talmdage
A controversial and colorful politician, Eugene Talmadge played a leading role in the state's politics from 1926 to 1946. -
plessy v. ferguson
On June 7, 1892, 30-year-old Homer Plessy was jailed for sitting in the White car of the East Louisiana Railroad. -
Leo Frank case
The Leo Frank case is one of the most notorious and highly publicized cases in the legal annals of Georgia. -
agricultural adjustment act
The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) was a United States federal law of the New Deal -
1906 Atlanta riot
During the Atlanta race riot that occurred September 22-24, 1906, white mobs killed dozens of blacks, wounded scores of others, and inflicted considerable property damage. -
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World war 1
World War 1 was a military conflict lasting from 1914-1918 which involved nearly all the biggest powers of the world. -
county unit system
The county unit system was established in 1917 when the Georgia legislature, overwhelmingly dominated by the Democratic Party, -
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the Great depression
was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world. -
civilian conservation corps
was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 -
eli whittney and the cotton gin
a u.s borned inventor patented the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized the product of cotton by greatly speeding up the way of removing seeds from carbon fiber -
missouri compromise
Missouri Compromise of 1820, tensions started between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the U.S. Congress and across the country. -
dred scott case
The case had been brought to the court by Dred Scott a slave who had lived with his owner in a free state