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Videos: https://www.pbs.org/video/georgia-stories-early-inhabitants-georgia-1732/
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Native Americans were the first on the land. They raised turkeys, llamas, guinea pigs and honeybees for food.They also developed many plants such as cotton, rubber, and tabacoo. They gathered and hunted when needed. They had a deep respect and love for the land. In addition, when new colonists arrived the Natives wanted to help out and gave them their knowledge of survivial to help.
Christopher Columbus is known for his "discovery" of the U.S. in 1942. When he and other Europeans arrived, they slowly pushed out the Native Americans in the land.
John Cabot, an Italian navigator and explorer, leaves Ireland to North America. On this trip Cabot explored the coast of Georgia.
The First colony on mainland America is established by Lucas Vazques de Ayllon, believed location on Georgia's Sapelo Island
Hernando de soto is the first explorer to land on Georgia soil. Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who was involved in expeditions in Nicaragua and the Yucatan Peninsula. When Herenando and his men explored Georgia the populations of Native Americans decreased because of the disease the Spanish conquistadors spread.
Charles I grants a charter to Sir Robert Heath which includes all territory between 31 and 36 degrees N Lat. and extended from sea to sea. Approximately from Albemarle Sound in North Carolina to Jekyll Island off the coast of Georgia.
Cherokee Nation had successfully migrated southward, occupying more than 40,000 square miles in the southern Appalachian Mountains.
1673 - The Spanish reoccupy Santa Catalina (St. Catherines Island) and begin constructing a fort.
1681 - February - Spanish abandon St. Catherines Island and move the garrison to Sapelo Island.
Trustees decide to surrender charter a year early but continue as a defacto government until relieved by a royal governor.
On June 9, 1732, the crown granted a charter to the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia. Oglethorpe himself led the first group of 114 colonists on the frigate Anne, landing at the site of today's Savannah on February 1, 1733.
Georgia signs the Declaration of Independence from Britain.
On January 2, the Georgia delegates formally sign the United States Constitution at Augusta and Georgia becomes the 4th state.
Gold is found in northern Georgia and the Georgia Gold Rush begins.
The Cherokee Indians in northern Georgia were forced to march to Oklahoma. That journey is called the Trail of Tears.
Georgia joins the south in the civil war and voted Jefferson Davis as the first and last presdent of the south
Sherman's "March to the Sea" from Atlanta to Savannah occurs, and tears up most of the state
Atlanta rebuilds after it was burned in the Civil War. The Civil War, which saw much of Atlanta destroyed, also helped make it the most important city in Georgia.
Atlanta’s position as a premiere air hub started on a dusty race track south of the city. Built for automobiles, Candler Field served almost as well for barnstorming pilots. A local boy named William B. Hartsfield saw his first plane there as a teenager and fell in love with aviation. A few years later, he staged an air show in which a parachuting dog was dropped from the sky. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport was established.