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All about Georgia Introduction In the beginning Georgia was found in 1732 & it’s the last of the 13 colonies. In 1732 was when James Oglethorpe became the first person to settle Georgia. Savannah was the first settlement & it is still one of Georgia's main cities today.
Civil War In 1861-1865, that's when the Civil War was going on. Slavery has cause the Civil War & rights. Little kids could not fight in the Civil War, like ages, 17 below only 18-30 could fight the woman were not allow to fight neither, instead they were at the settlement, working, helping their children, cleaning, and cooking. Since they didn't want to stop slavery they just went at it. When the Civil War was over, that’s when The Great Depression started. Like the Civil War destroyed the country, they were poor as ever, all of their stuff was destroyed.
World War 1 Some years later July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918, that’s when World War 1 started. What has cause world war 1, a lot stuff cause world war 1 & a lot of countries got involved into the war when assassination was going on, that’s when the drama was going on. The 4 things that cause it, Treaties & Alliances, Imperialism, Militarism, & Nationalism.
Cold War On Jan 1, 1947, that’s when
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When Rosa was 11 years old, she moved to Montgomery, Alabama. In as she was growing up, she went to high school, & she was taking college classes. Rosa had dropped out of high school, because one of her family members were dying. 3 years later, Rosa had met a guy name Raymond, but his last name became parks because he had got married to Rosa Parks. When Rosa was in school, a lot of racism was going on. On Thursday December 1, 1955, Rosa was working hard a work & had a long day. As Rosa was going on the bus minding her own business, she sat down in a man came to her to get out his seat, & she refused.... So, the man got the police involved, in she still refused, so, she got

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