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)