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The State of Georgia's first constitution was ratified in February 1777. Georgia was the 10th state to ratify the Articles of Confederation on July 24, 1778, [15] and was the 4th state to ratify the United States Constitution on January 2, 1788. [16] Slaves with the cotton they had picked. Georgia, c. 1850
Congress re-adopted the income tax in 1913, levying a 1% tax on net personal incomes above $3,000, with a 6% surtax on incomes above $500,000. By 1918, the top rate of the income tax was increased to 77% (on income over $1,000,000) to finance World War I. The top marginal tax rate was reduced to 58% in 1922, to 25% in 1925, and finally to 24% ...
May 9 – The first session of the North Carolina General Assembly of 1777 ends and charters Johnston County Court House as Smithfield. May 14 – The Treasurer of the United Colonies changes to the Treasurer of the United States. [5] May 16 – Lachlan McIntosh and Button Gwinnett shoot each other during a duel near Savannah, Georgia.
On January 19, 1861, Georgia seceded from the Union, keeping the name "State of Georgia" and joining the newly formed Confederacy in February. White solidarity was strong in 1861–63, as the planters in the Black Belt formed a common cause with upcountry yeomen farmers in defense of the Confederacy against the Union. [ 41 ]
State universities began to form after the end of the Revolutionary War, starting with the University of Georgia in 1785. African Americans and Native Americans were only rarely admitted to universities, though African American men in northern states sometimes formed literary societies. [106]
1777 in Georgia (U.S. state) (1 C) M. 1777 in Maryland (1 C, 1 P) N. 1777 in New Hampshire (1 C) 1777 in New Jersey (1 C, 11 P) 1777 in New York (state) (2 C, 13 P)
His exploits at the Battle of Paoli on Sept. 20, 1777, begin one of the many stories that made Brady a legend. At Paoli, the British had surprised the Americans while they were in camp. The ...
The first state to ratify was Virginia on December 16, 1777; 12 states had ratified the Articles by February 1779, 14 months into the process. [11] The lone holdout, Maryland, refused to go along until the landed states, especially Virginia , had indicated they were prepared to cede their claims west of the Ohio River to the Union. [ 12 ]