Smile its Tuesday.
 People
received less than a
elementary education
 In 1785 UGA was
established as the first land
grant university in Georgia
 Oldest of its kind in the
nation
 Oversees
all public schools
in state
 Opened for classes in 1801
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 1 building was for allmale, all-white school,
women were not admitted
until 1918
Capitol rotated between Savannah
and Augusta
 When GA population moved inland,
difficult for citizens to travel to
Savannah for business
 1786, legislature appointed
commission to find permanent,
centrally located capitol
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Commission acquired 1,000 acres of land
20 miles from a Native American trading
post on the Ogeechee River
Named “Louisville,” to honor King Louis XVI
for his help in the Revolutionary War
Lasted for ten years, then citizens wanted a
capital that was more convenient for
western part of state, moved to
Milledgeville, named after Governor John
Milledge
 After
Revolutionary War many
ministers left America for G.
Britain, but churches in GA grew:
Anglicans, Quakers, Baptists, and
Methodists
 Circuit Riders-ministers who
went from district to district, had
one service per month
 1787,
free Africans founded
Springfield Baptist Church in
Augusta, first African Baptist
Church in Savannah was
founded by Andrew Bryan in
1788
Baptist and Methodist were GA’s
largest denominations slavery caused
division
 Methodists in South pulled out and
formed Methodist Episcopal Church
 Baptists in the South left American
Baptist Union when mission board
would not allow slave owners to be
missionaries
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 Georgia
had different capital
cities: rotated between
Savannah and Augusta
 Savannah was too far from
people who had moved inland,
Augusta was too far east
 Commission
stated it must be 20
miles from Native trading post on
the Ogeechee River and named
after King Louis XVI for France’s
help in the Revolutionary War
 In 1796, Louisville became
Georgia’s capital
1828, Andrew Jackson elected
president
 1830, Congress passed the Indian
Removal Act- called for Natives to be
moved to W. territories, Congress
allocated $500,000 to enforce
provisions
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Supreme Court issued an order to
protect rights of Cherokee, Jackson
refused to honor the order, thought
state government should be in
charge of Indian territories
 “John Marshall had rendered his
decision, now let him enforce it!”Andrew Jackson
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Refused to leave land after Indian
Removal Act
 Treaty of Washington-1832, ceded to
federal government 5 million acres of
land they still owned/government set
aside 2 million for them to live and
farm, had to live on it for five years to
own, they choose to move West or
stay decision was up to individuals
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Once signed, treaty was broken,
Creeks were terrorized
 1836, Creeks fought back/ US Army
captured 1,000 Creeks and set them
to Indian Territory (modern day
Oklahoma)
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Wanted Cherokee to leave their land
so they may mine gold that was found
 They tried to live the lifestyle of
Europeans, but in the end they were
removed from N. GA mountains and
forced to leave the land of their
ancestors.
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