Georgia

Province of Georgia (1732-1776), State of Georgia (1776-present)

British Colony (1732-1776), Independent State (1776-1781, 1861), US State (1781-1861, 1865-present) CS State (1861-1865)

Location: Southeast United States

Capital City: Savannah (1733-1778, 1782-1795), Augusta (1778-1795), Ebenezer (1795-1796), Louisville (1796-1807), Milledgeville (1807-1868), Atlanta (1868-present)

Government type: British Colony (1732-1776), Republic (1776-1781, 1861), US State (1781-1861, 1865-present), CS State (1861-1865)

Main languages: English

Main religions: Protestant Christianity

Chronology

1732: Province of Georgia separated from the southernmost parts of Carolina

1776: Declaration of independence along with 12 other colonies

1781: Part of the United States

1789: Formal statehood with the ratification of the US Constitution

1861: Secedes, becomes founding state of the Confederacy a month later

1865: Restored to the union

1868: Readmitted as a state

1869: Statehood suspended

1870: Readmitted as a state

Currency

US Dollar (1792-present)

1 Dollar = 100 Cents

CS Dollar (1861-1865)

1 Dollar = 100 Cents

Banknotes from Georgia in the collection

Confederate State (1861-1865

•25 Cent, 1863 (P#S861)