Capitols:

• Savannah, 1733-1776. Under British rule.
• 1776-1782. During the American Revolution, the seat of government moved frequently to avoid the British. At various times, state business was conducted at Savannah, Augusta (1779-1780), various Wilkes County sites (1780-1781), including Heard's Fort, and Ebenezer (1782).
• 1783, Augusta
• Savannah, Augusta, 1784
• Savannah, 1785
• Augusta, 1786-1795
• Louisville, 1796-1806, First permanent capitol building.
• Milledgeville, 1807-1868 with one extraordinary session of the Legislature held in Macon, February - March 1865
• Atlanta, 1868 to the present.  The cornerstone for the current Capitol building featured below was dedicated 2 September 1885.

Other Significant Dates:

9 June 1732: Charter granted to Trustees by King George, II.  The Trustees operated the Colony until 1752.

1752-1776: Georgia was a Royal province.  One of the benefits included the granting of land in fee simple rather than the very limited tale male grants of the Trustees.

2 January 1788: Georgia became the fourth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution, and the third state to do so unanimously.  In all probability, Georgia had already ratified the U.S. Constitution before receiving its copy of the Bill of Rights.  As part of the celebration of the nation's 150th anniversary, Georgia's Legislature ratified the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution on 24 March 1939.

19 January 1861: Georgia seceded from the Union.  On 6 March 1861, she ratified the Confederate Constitution.

15 July 1870: Georgia was readmitted to the Union by an Act of the U.S. Congress

State Constitution:  Georgia has had ten:  1777, 1789, 1798, 1861, 1865, 1868, 1877, 1945, 1976, and 1983.