The Georgia Archives is home to many documents that have shaped the history of our state and country. The links below lead to images (and, in some cases, transcriptions) of a selection of those documents.

1700

• 1732 - Royal Charter of the Colony of Georgia
• 1788 – Ratification of the Federal Constitution
• 1789 – Address to President Washington regarding the state of affairs in Georgia
• 1789 – Constitution of the State of Georgia
• 1798 – Constitution of the State of Georgia
• 1794 – Yazoo Land Fraud

1800

• 1802 – Treaty regarding Georgia’s western lands
• 1830 – Act to Authorize the Governor to take possession of Cherokee lands
• 1850 - Report of the Constitutional Convention of 1850
• 1861 – Constitution of the State of Georgia
• 1861 – Draft of the Act of Secession
• 1865 – Constitution of the State of Georgia
• 1877 – Constitution of the State of Georgia
• 1878 – First proposal for a state flag

1900

• 1921 – Women’s Suffrage Act
• 1945 – Constitution of the State of Georgia
• 1961 – Gov. Ernest Vandiver’s Public Education Address [18 Jan 1961]
• 1976 Constitution of the State of Georgia
• 1983 Constitution of the State of Georgia

Updated 2/16/2006