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Paleo
Paleo meaing very old also known as the stone. Age because most tools used during this time were made of stone. -
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ARCHAIC
The Archaic period of GA. prehistory lasted from about 10,00 to 3,000 years ago.Archaeologists have divided this very long period into three main early,middle,and late.each is extinct by important changes in cultural traditions. -
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WOODLAND
Early Wooland is marked by continuation of many of the innovations that began during the predecing latarchaiccorn was introduced to the southeastern U.S. during the middle Wooldland-subperid. The late Woolsnd was the most poorly of GA. prehistory. Corn became important in many parts of southeast during the late Wooland. -
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to May 21, 1542
HERANDO DE SOTO
He was a Spanish exploere adn conquistador who participated in teh conquests of Central American adn Peru and discovered the Mississippi River. His family hoped he would become a lawyer, but he told his father he would rather explore the West Indies. -
Charter of 1732
Oglethorpe believed that the best way for teh worthy poor to find a new life was to start a new colony. -
Georgia Founded
February 12, 1733 - Savannah
After years of planning and two months crossing the Atlantic, James Oglethorpe and 114 colonists climbed 40 feet up the bluff from the Savannah River on this day in 1733 and founded the colony of Georgia. -
Salzburger's Arrive
Their arrival in Georgia on this date in 1734 heralded the beginning of one of the most culturally distinctive communities in Georgia. -
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John Reynolds
John Reynolds, a captain in the British royal navy, served as Georgia's first royal governor from late 1754 to early 1757. -
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Henry Ellis
Henry Ellis, the second royal governor of Georgia, has been called "Georgia's second founder." Georgia had no self-government under the Trustees (1732-52), and the first royal governor, John Reynolds (1754-57), failed as an administrator. Under the leadership of Ellis (1757-60) Georgians learned how to govern themselves, and they have been doing so ever since. -
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American Revolution
1n 1778, France eager fro revenge afters its defeat in the seven years war signed an alliance with teh new nation. the conflict escalated into a world war with Britain combating France, Spain, and the Netherlands. -
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Austin Dabney
Austin Dabney was a slave who became a private in the Georgia militia and fought against the British during the Revolutionary War (1775-83). He was the only African American to be granted land by the state of Georgia in recognition of his bravery and service during the Revolution and one of the few to receive a federal military pension. -
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James Wright
James Wright was the third and last royal governor of Georgia, serving from 1760 to 1782,
James Wright replaced Henry Ellis as royal governor of Georgia in 1760 and proved to be an efficient and popular administrator. During his tenure in office (1760-76) Georgia enjoyed a period of remarkable growth.
James Wright
with a brief interruption early in the American Revolution (1775-83). -
Constitutional Convention
In October 1776, just three months after the American colonies declared independence from Great Britain, Georgia's first constitutional convention met and produced the state's inaugural constitution, known as the Constitution of 1777. -
Elijah Clarke
Then on February 14, 1779, as a lieutenant colonel of militia, Clarke led a charge in the rebel victory at Kettle Creek, Georgia. -
Georgia Ratifies the Constitution
Ratification of the constitution by the State of Georgia. January 2, 1788. Georgia was the fourth state to do so. Georgia's ratification message was short and to the point. -
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MISSISSIPPIAN
The MISSISSIPPIAN way of life began to develop in the MISSISSIPPIAN river valley for which it is named.A numder of cultural traits are recognized as being charactersistics of the-MISSISSIPAN the had no writing system or stone architecture.They worked naturally occuring metal depostits, such as hammering and annealing copper for ritual objedcts- like MISSISSIPPIAN copper plates and other decorations.
