Sep 25, 2009 · Georgia's history is integrally linked to that of the rest of the South and the rest of the nation. But as the largest state east of the Mississippi, the youngest and southernmost of the thirteen colonies, and by 1860 the most populous southern state, Georgia is in certain respects historically distinctive.

June in Georgia History Fanny Kemble 1809-1893. Stetson Kennedy 1916-2011. King Center ...

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Jun 3, 2005 · The Georgia History Festival, which began as Georgia Days in the mid-1960s, is an educational program that commemorates the Georgia colony’s founding on February 12, 1733. Geared toward K-12 students, this living history event in Savannah features craft workshops, the two-day Colonial Faire and Muster event at Wormsloe State Historic Site ...

Jun 3, 2014 · A number of significant historical events have occurred in Georgia during the month of July. 1700-1749 1733 The founders of Congregation Mickve Israel, the South’s oldest Jewish congregation, arrived in Savannah. 1742 The Battle of Bloody Marsh, a skirmish between English and Spanish forces on St. Simons Island, took place on July 7. 1750-1799 1782 […]

Apr 1, 2003 · Georgia history textbooks are used in the state’s public school systems to educate eighth-grade students about Georgia’s diverse past, cultures, and peoples. These textbooks also discuss current political, economic, and social events (in Georgia and the United States) and seek to illustrate the organization and duties of local, state, and federal governmental systems. The …

Dec 19, 2013 · A number of significant historical events have occurred in Georgia during the month of January. 1750-1799 1751 On January 1 the British House of Commons, at the request of the Trustees, overturned the ban on slavery in the Georgia colony. 1776 During the Revolutionary War, British forces moved warships onto the Savannah River. 1779 On […]

Oct 3, 2013 · A number of significant historical events have occurred in Georgia during the month of October. 1750-1799 1765 Naturalists John and William Bartram discovered a small grove of trees with white flowers along the southern reaches of the Altamaha River; the species became commonly known as the Franklin tree. 1776 Georgia held its first constitutional convention […]

Sep 20, 2002 · Known as Coosaponakeesa among the Creek Indians, Mary Musgrove served as a cultural liaison between colonial Georgia and her Native American community in the mid-eighteenth century. Musgrove took advantage of her biculturalism to protect Creek interests, maintain peace on the frontier, and expand her business as a trader. As Pocahontas was to …

Feb 10, 2014 · A number of significant historical events have occurred in Georgia during the month of April. 1700-1749 1732 King George II of England signed a charter establishing the trustee colony of Georgia. 1750-1799 1752 The Georgia Trustees ceded control of the colony to the British crown, after twenty years of rule. 1758 Much of Fort Frederica, […]