US. Country Studies: History

Here you can find detail information about history of Georgia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)#History

Personally, I was interested in reading about Early Exploration and Conflicting Claims on this site:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/us/A0858375.html
It is written, that the Creek and Cherokee inhabited the Georgia area when Hernando De Soto and his expedition passed through the region c.1540. The Spanish later established missions and garrisons on the Sea Islands. In 1663, Charles II of England made a grant of land that included Georgia to the eight proprietors of Carolina. However, Spain claimed the whole eastern half of the present United States and protested the grant. The English ignored the protest, and the English-Spanish contest for the territory between Charleston (S.C.) and St. Augustine (Fla.) continued intermittently for almost a century. England became interested in settling Georgia as a buffer colony to protect South Carolina from Spanish invasion from the south.

Also the most exciting for me was to read about The Struggle for Racial Equality. You can also find this information on this site:
http://www.thingstodo.com/states/GA/history.htm

Opening this site, you’ll have a possibility to look at the timeline (the most important dates in Georgia’s history):
http://www.thingstodo.com/states/GA/history.htm

It was new and curious for me to find out, that an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement - Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Georgia. That’s why, I couldn’t miss a possibility to share some information (his biography) with you.