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1498 |
1498 May 20: Italian explorer
John Cabot ( Giovanni Caboto ) explores the coast of
Georgia. The Native Indians of Georgia included the
Cherokee and Creek Nations, almost all of Georgia
was controlled by the Creeks
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1526 |
1526 September 29 - First
colony established by Lucas Vazques de Ayllon |
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1540 |
Spanish Hernando de Soto
(1500-1542) explored Georgia |
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1629 |
English King Charles I grants
a charter for the territory to Sir Robert Heath
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1730 |
July 30 1730: James Oglethorpe
and 20 associates petition King George II for a
royal charter to establish a colony southwest of
Carolina
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1733 |
The first Creek Native Indian
cession |
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1756 |
1756 - 1763 - The Seven Years
War (French and Indian War) due to disputes over
land is won by Great Britain. France gives England
all French territory east of the Mississippi River,
except New Orleans. The Spanish give up east and
west Florida to the English in return for Cuba
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1742 |
July 7: The Battle of Bloody
Marsh was the last Spanish action in the War of
Jenkins Ear |
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1742 |
July 25 - First Thanksgiving
Day in Georgia |
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1733 |
Georgia was named after King
George II of England in 1733. The terms of the
charter granted by the king specified that the
colony (to be founded by James Oglethorpe) was named
after the king.
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1756 |
1756 - 1763 - The Seven Years
War (French and Indian War) due to disputes over
land is won by Great Britain. France gives England
all French territory east of the Mississippi River,
except New Orleans. The Spanish give up east and
west Florida to the English in return for Cuba.
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1775 |
1775 - 1783 - The American
Revolution creates the United States of America. The
Revolution was due to the British burden of taxes
and total power to legislate any laws governing the
American colonies
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1776 |
July 4, 1776 - United States
Declaration of Independence |
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1778 |
July 10, 1778 - France
declares war against Britain and makes an alliance
with the American revolutionary forces
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1783 |
September 3, 1783 - The Treaty
of Paris is signed by the victorious United States
and the defeated Great Britain
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1788 |
Statehood - The Date that
Georgia was admitted to the Union - January 2, 1788.
Constitution - Georgia was the 4th State to be
admitted to the Union. State Motto - " Wisdom,
Justice, and Moderation ".
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1812 |
1812 - 1815: The War of 1812
between U.S. and Great Britain, ended in a stalemate
but confirmed America's Independence
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1813 |
1813 - 1814: The Creek Indian
War - At the start of the 1500's the Creeks occupied
nearly all of southeast United States. Their defeat
at the battle in Lumpkin County near Slaughter Gap
forced them farther and farther West
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1828 |
Gold discovered in Georgia.
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1836 |
1836 - 1837: The Second Creek
War (Seminole War) in which Creek warriors were
defeated |
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1838 |
The Trail of Tears. Cherokee
and Creek Indians are forced from the state |
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1861 |
1861 - 1865: The American
Civil War. In 1859 John Brown raided Harpers Ferry
and set in motion events that led directly to the
outbreak of the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln, a known
opponent of slavery, was elected president and in
1861 the South Secedes. The initial Secession of
South Carolina was followed by the secession of
Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana,
Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North
Carolina. These eleven states eventually formed the
Confederate States of America. The bombardment of
Fort Sumter was the opening engagement of the
American Civil War.
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1865 |
The surrender of Robert E. Lee
on April 9 1865 signalled the end of the Confederacy |
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1865 |
1865 December 6 - The
Abolishment of Slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment to
the U.S. Constitution is ratified, thus officially
abolishing slavery
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1898 |
1898-1901 The Spanish American
War. On December 10, 1898 the Treaty of Paris the US
annexes Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines.
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