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Jan 1, 1540
Hernando De Soto began his exploration in Georgia
De Soto was mainly looking for gold during the exploration. Using advanced weapons, his army killed thousands of Native Indians. However, many more were killed due to the diseases brought with the Spanish -
Jan 1, 1566
Spanish mission-Santa Catalina- on St. Catherines Island
Mainly to spread religion -
Jamestown established
After gaining the contrl of the sea, England built permanent settle men ts in the new world. -
Virginia Colony Founded
Founded by John Smith at Jamestown. -
Pilgrims arrived on America
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Massachusetts Colony Founded
Founded by John Winthrop -
england claims GA
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Fort King George built
-Colonel John asked for a fort built for defense from ASpanish and french
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Charter of 1732 signed
King George 2 allowed the trustees to make the Georgia colony -
Oglethorpe brought more settlers
Brought 300 more settlers
Among those were John and Charles Wesley who later created a branch of Christiaity caled methodist -
War of Jenkin's Ear
Battle between Spanish and British over territory -
Battle of Bloody Marsh
After this battle Spanish did not invade -
Georgia became a Royal Colony
After trustees have failed to make the Utopian society in GA, due to people's dislike for the restrictions, GA became a Royal Colony like the rest of Britain's colonies in america -
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French and Indian War
Also known as 7years War
Between French and Britain
British wanting to move towards the Ohio Vally (VS.) French building forts along the Ohio Valley -
Reynolds become GA governer
The first royal governor
Tried to run GA's governments on his own.
Replaced -
Henry Ellis became the royal governor
Second governor -
Wright appointed as the royal governor
Third/last royal governor
Believed that colonists should expand on land to allow the economy to grow -
Proclamation of 1763 issued
Moved GA's southern border to St. Mary's River.
Forbade colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
To improve the relationships with the native Americans -
Stamp Act
Tax on any legal document
To pay for war debts of French and Indian war
Colonists boycotted -
townshend Acts
Tax on tea -
Boston Massacre
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Boston Tea Party
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Intolerabe Act
Closed Boston Harbour
canceled massachusetts charter
People accused of crimes were tried in England
Quartering act -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
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Declaration of Independence
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Battle of Kettle Creek
Led by Elijah Clarke
Patriots won
Patriots took much needed supplies from British
Spirits lifted by victory -
Siege of Savannah
French and Patriots allied against britain
800 died in 45 minutes
British won
until treaty of Paris, Savannah remained under British control -
Articles of Confederation fully ratified
Needed improvement:
too much power for the states
no common currency
no judician system
no executive
limited changes on the article and the law
no power to raise national army -
Battle of Yorktown
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Treaty of Paris
Ended Revolutionary War -
UGA Established
the first land grant college in the nation
white males only
Benjamin Franklin
Abraham Baldwin -
shay's Rebellion
1786-1787
a revolutionary veteran losing his morgaged land
spread across the states
federal had no power to stop them
proved that Articles of Confederation had to be rewritten -
GA ratified US constitution
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ratification of the GA constitution
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cotton gin invented
Eli wHITNEY in vented.
increased the falling slavery/cotton industry -
yazoo land fraud
A company selling the lands that the federal gov't had set aside for new states
the company bribed the legislatures to pass the bill permitting this -
Sequyah made syllabry
first written language of Cherokees
Seqouyah's real name is George Gist -
Missouri Compromise
became slave state
created maine to be free state
the southern border of Missouri diciding slave or free -
Dahlonega Gold rush
became another reason for the whites to kick Cherokee out of their lands -
Indian Removal ACt passed
native americans were to leave their territory and live in oklahoma -
nullification crisis
SC wanted to secede
federal taxes hurted economy
federal wanted taxes -
Trai of Tearks
the removal of the native americans
many died -
Compromise of 1850
wanted california to be free
mexico's territory to be divided into 2 territories: New Mexico and Arizona
popularity decides for slave or free in the 2 states
slave trade in Washngton DC ended
the strict fugitive law passed -
Kansas Nebraska Act
dividing territories into nebraska and Kansas.
illegal voting, harrassing between abolistionist and pro slavery caused 2 legislature to be elected -
Dred Scott Case
a big issue over whether slaves should be of property when they've lived freeeily in North
Dred Scott lived with his master in IL as a free man for many years , yet when he goes down to south people want him to be a slave
supreme court takes the side of the plantation owners -
election of 1860
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SC seceded from union
immediatly secedded from the union as soon as Lincoln is elected -
Fort Sumter
Union ships tried to get supplies to the Union fort in Southern territory.
South fired cannons at ships
started Civil war -
Period: to
Civil War
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Battle of Manassas(Bull Run)
First battle fought for civil war
Stonewall Jackson -
Battle of Antietam
Bloodiest single day war
for the control of the bridge in antietam creek
lee and McClellan -
Emancipation Proclamation
Freed all slaves
issued by abraham Lincoln
more as a war tactic than out of altruism
did not free the slaves of the border states -
Chikamauga
CSA overwhelms Union army
rosecrans and Braggs -
Georgia ratified 13th mendment
13th amenment was the abolishment of all slavery -
Death of President Lincoln
President Lincoln died the day after ajohn Wiks Booth Shot Him -
Battle of Gettysburg
Major turning point of the war
union victory
the furthest up north the confederate troops had ever gone
bloodiest battle -
Atlanta named capital
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Geogia readmitted to Union
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International cotton exposition
to promote south's new industries.
To get northerners to invest in south's economy
Henry Grady promoted the event -
Supreme court repealed civil rights act of 1865
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International cotton expo
Booker T washington made Atlanta Compromise speech -
Plessy V Ferguson
a partialy white tried to sit in whites only train car
the Court stated: Segregation is legal -
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WWI
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Ratified 18th amendment
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19 th amendment ratified
women has the right to vote
