| 10 Aug 1776 |
the Declaration of Independence, approved by the Continental Congress, is proclaimed at a public ceremony held in Savannah on 10 Aug 1776 (Connecticut Gazette and the Universal Intelligencer, No. 676, 25 Oct 1776, p. 2) |
| 10 Aug 1776 - 5 Feb 1777 |
Province of Georgia :: State of Georgia [1] |
| 5 Feb 1777 |
the Constitution of the State of Georgia is adopted at the session of the Convention held in Savannah on 5 Feb 1777 (Georgia Revolutionary Records, 1:282-297) |
| 5 Feb 1777 - |
State of Georgia |
| 26 Feb 1778 |
the delegates of Georgia to the Continental Congress are authorized to sign the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union in accordance with a resolution passed by the House of Assembly of Georgia on 26 Feb 1778 ( Continental Congress Journals, 11:670-671) |
| 24 Jul 1778 |
the delegates of Georgia to the Continental Congress signed the ratification of the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union at the session of the Continental Congress held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 24 Jul 1778 (Continental Congress Journals, 11:716) |
| 29 Dec 1778 |
the royal government is restored in parts of Georgia after the capure of Savannah by the army of Great Britain (Lawrence, pp. 315-324) |
| 1 Mar 1781 |
Georgia
formed part of the United States upon the taking effect of the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union (Journals of the Continental Congress, 19:213-223) [2] |
| 11 Jul 1782 |
the royal government ceased to function following the evacuation of Savannah by the army of Great Britain and the subsequent installation of the government of the State of Georgia in the capital (South Carolina Royal Gazette, No. 147, 24‒27 Jul 1782, p. 3; Georgia Revolutionary Records, 2:340, 3:122) |
| 19 Jan 1861 |
Georgia seceded from the United States in accordance with an ordinance passed at the session of the Convention of the People of Georgia held in Milledgeville on 19 Jan 1861 (Georgia Convention 1861, 27-39) [3] |
| 8 Feb 1861 |
Georgia formed part of the Confederate States of America on the date when the Constitution for the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America was approved by the Congress and came into operation (Confederate Congress Journal, 1:39; Confederate Statutes at Large, pp. 1-8) |
| 26 Oct 1865 |
the ordinance of secession of 1861 is repealed in accordance with an ordinance passed by the Constitutional Convention on 26 Oct 1865 (Georgia Constitutional Convention 1865, 17-18) [4] |
| 21 Jul 1868 |
Georgia
is re-admitted to representation in the Congress of the United States in accordance with an act passed by the Congress of the United States (House of Representatives on 14 May 1868; Senate on 10 Jun 1868 with amendments; the amendments were concurred in by the House on 12 Jun 1868; vetoed by the President of the United States on 25 Jun 1868; the veto was overridden by the House of Representatives and by the Senate on 25 Jun 1868), took effect in Georgia immediately upon the passage of a resolution approving the Amendment XIV to the Constitution of the Unites States by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia (Statutes at Large, 15:73, 15:708; Georgia Senate Journal, 1868, 44-47; Georgia House Journal, 1868, 49-53) [5] |
