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Georgia
Georgia:

The Spanish first arrived here in 1540, and seriously disrupted the quiet lifestyle of the native American Indians. In 1565, Pedro Menendez de Aviles began building forts and missions along the jagged coastline.

Numerous (often brutal) French and English pirates, I.E. (Black beard the Pirate), terrorized those settlements for decades, and then in 1732, England's King George II proclaimed Georgia to be the 13th colony.

With its resources and geographic position, Georgia quickly developed into a regional center for commerce, and then, America's Civil War played-out across the south. The state was devastated, Savannah was captured and Atlanta burned to the ground.

Years of rebuilding followed, and today this charming "Gone With the Wind" state is home-base of Coca Cola and numerous Fortune 500 corporations. It's also the site of the busiest airport on the planet, and is the manufacturing and marketing hub of the American South.

From the modern capital city of Atlanta, (site of the 1996 Summer Olympics) to historic Savannah (considered the most beautiful city in America), Georgia is renown for its sunny beaches, lakes, mountains, and most of all, for its southern hospitality.

Georgia

On May 8th, 2003, the new Georgia flag above was approved.

The new design displays two red stripes, one white stripe and a blue field upper left. The state's official coat of arms (on the blue field) is surrounded by 13 white stars, symbolic of Georgia being one of the original 13 colonies.

On the seal itself, three pillars support an arch, representing the legislative, judicial and executive branches of government. A standing man with sword drawn is defending the U.S. Constitution.

Official name: Georgia
Capital: Atlanta
Statehood: Jan. 2, 1788 the 4th state
State nickname: The Peach State
Name for residents: Georgians
State motto: Wisdom, justice, and moderation
Abbreviation: GA

Georgia's Historical Event's:

about 8000 bc Traces of human habitation appear.
about 2000 bc Pottery making begins.
about 1000 bc Agriculture reaches Georgia.
about ad 800 Mississippian culture appears.
1540 Hernando de Soto explores Georgia.
1566 Pedro Menéndez de Avilés establishes a mission and fort on Saint Catherine's Island along the Georgia coast.
1663 King Charles II of England includes the Georgia coast in a large land grant to the lords proprietors of Carolina.
1686 The Spanish abandon the Georgia coast to English colonists from Carolina.
1732 A group of Englishmen, led by James E. Oglethorpe and John Perceval, secures a royal charter for the colony of Georgia.
1733 Savannah, founded by Oglethorpe, becomes the first permanent European settlement in Georgia.
1742 An English victory at the Battle of Bloody Marsh ends Spanish attempts to regain Georgia.
1775 Georgians temporarily seize power from the British during the American Revolution.
1777 Georgia's first state constitution is adopted.
1788 Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution (January 2).
1793 The cotton gin is invented in Georgia.
1802 Georgia cedes its western land claims to the United States.
1861 Georgia secedes from the Union (January 19) and joins the Confederacy.
1864 Union forces led by General William Tecumseh Sherman march through Georgia.
1868 Atlanta becomes the state capital.
1870 Georgia is readmitted to the Union (July 15).
1961 Blacks and whites attend public schools together for the first time.
1976 Former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter is elected president of the United States.
1996 The Olympic Summer Games are held in Atlanta.

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