| 1000-1500 |
Mississippian
Indian Culture; Guale Indians; Spanish Contact |
| 1565 |
Spanish
create first permanent European settlement at St. Augustine |
| 1607 |
First permanent
English settlement at Jamestown, Va. |
| 1733-34
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Oglethorpe
and Trustees settle Georgia at Savannah |
| 1756 |
Land grant
to Mark Carr at Midway River |
| 1757 |
Charter for
town of Sunbury |
| 1775 |
St. John's
Parish sends representatives to Continental Congress |
| 1776 |
Provincial
government of Georgia sends George Walton, Lyman Hall and Button Gwinnett
to 2nd Continental Congress
Declaration of Independence is signed by Georgia representatives
English governor flees to British East Florida |
| 1776 |
2nd Continental
Congress authorizes building of fort for Sunbury's protection from
British attack and invasion from the sea. |
| 1776-1778 |
Fort
Morris is site for launching three attempts at American invasion of
British East Florida. All three fail. |
| 1778
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British retake
Savannah; Americans lose Georgia |
| 1779 |
Siege
of Savannah by French and American troops. Fail to retake city. |
| 1778-1782 |
British
occupy Ft. Morris and the town of Sunbury using as a Prisoner of War
camp |
| 1782 |
British
withdraw after Yorktown, Va. Surrender |
| 1783 |
Treaty
of Paris ends American Revolution |
| 1812 |
War
breaks out between the United States and Britain |
| 1814 |
Ft.
Defiance ordered to protect Sunbury |
| 1815 |
War
of 1812 ends by Treaty of Ghent |
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