Move to Augusta Atlanta often called a "city in a forest" and a "tree haven" has a large tree canopy covering much of its area the city's main street is named after a tree and beyond the Downtown Midtown and Buckhead business districts the skyline gives way to a dense canopy of woods that spreads into the suburbs the city's tree coverage percentage was estimated at 36% in a 2004 model, In early 1861 Georgia joined the Confederacy (with secessionists having a slight majority of delegates) and became a major theater of the Civil War Major battles took place at Chickamauga Kennesaw Mountain and Atlanta in December 1864 a large swath of the state from Atlanta to Savannah was destroyed during General William Tecumseh Sherman's March to the Sea 18,253 Georgian soldiers died in service roughly one of every five who served in 1870 following the Reconstruction Era Georgia became the last Confederate state to be restored to the Union. Amtrak carried 15,848,327 passengers in 1972 its first full year of operation Ridership has increased steadily ever since carrying a record 31.739 million passengers in fiscal year 2017 double the total in 1972, The colonial population of Thirteen Colonies grew immensely in the 18th century According to historian Alan Taylor the population of the Thirteen Colonies stood at 1.5 million in 1750 which represented four-fifths of the population of British North America More than 90 percent of the colonists lived as farmers though some seaports also flourished in 1760 the cities of Philadelphia New York and Boston had a population in excess of 16,000 which was small by European standards by 1770 the economic output of the Thirteen Colonies made up forty percent of the gross domestic product of the British Empire, History 2.2 Geology and terrain Climate chart (explanation).
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