Georgia and 

 Tobacco 



ound builders were the first 

 known inhabitants of the Georgia region, followed later 

 by the Creek and Cherokee Indians. The first Euro- 

 peans to dominate the area were the Spanish whose 

 influence began to flow into Georgia in 1540 when the 

 explorer De Soto is said to have surveyed the area. 



The 17th century and early decades of the 18th were 

 marked by an almost continuous struggle between the 

 Spanish and the English all along the South Atlantic 

 Coast. Gradually, Spanish dominance waned. 



