Georgia
Social Studies GEORGIA HISTORY OF GEORGIA 1777 Georgia? ... 1777 Georgia approves the Articles of Confederation on July 24. ... 1785 The University of Georgia is created at Athens. ... 1787 Georgia ratifies the Constitution and enters the Union as the 4th state on January 2nd. ... 1861 Georgia becomes the fifth Southern state to secede from the Union on January 19th. 1870 Georgia is readmitted to the Union. ... 1963 The first nuclear research center in the South is opened at Georgia Institute of Technology. ... 1977 Former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter is the elected the thirty-ninth president of the United States.