Georgia at the Dawn of a New Century
Page 184-188
1.
What are some of the characteristics of Georgia life in the late 1700’s and early 1800’s?
Growth, Religious growth, Educational growth
Life on the Georgia Frontier
2.
What are some of the reasons why people moved to the frontier?
Excitement; Land
3.
What were the only “stores” on the frontier?
Trading Posts
4.
What were some of the people that people living on the frontier would have to be worried about?
Natives; Tories; British Soldiers
5.
What were some of the events that frontier people had to look forward to?
Bean Stringin; Corn Shucking; Apple paring cider makin; hog slaughterin
Life in Georgia’s towns
6.
What were the two leading newspapers?
Augusta Herald; Gazette of the State of Georgia
7.
What did some rich families have to cook bread?
Ovens built into chimneys
8.
What are some examples of places made for special needs and where were they located?
Hospital for the mentally ill in Milledgeville; School for the deaf in cave Springs; Georgia Academy for the
Blind in Macon
Religion
9.
What are some of the different denominations in Georgia after the revolutionary war?
Anglicans; Quakers; Baptists; Methodist
10. What are circuit riders?
Ministers who went from district to district
11. What church was founded in Augusta and why is it unique?
Springfield Baptist Church in Augusta; First freed blacks
12. Where was Georgia’s first Roman Catholic Church founded?
Wilkes County
13. What was church buildings often used for beyond church service?
Town meetings and social events
14. Who is Joseph Smith?
Founder of the Mormon church
15. What happened to the Mormons in Georgia?
Persecuted and forced to relocate
16. What did Richard Allen do after purchasing his freedom?
Preacher
17. What group did he form?
Freed African Society
18. What church did he first found?
Bethel African Church
19. What denomination did he found?
African Methodist Episcopal Church
20. How many members does this denomination have?
1.2 million
Education
21. Describe Georgia’s education in the late 1700’s
Few years of public education; farmers knew little;
22. What university was chartered in 1785?
UGA
23. What makes UGA unique?
First land grant university
24. When did the school open for classes?
1801
25. Who could go to school there?
Male; White
26. What other name was UGA called?
Franklin College
27. What law was passed to encourage the development of education? Was it successful?
each county had to create academies; unsuccessful bc
28. What school was founded in 1783?
The Academy of Richmond County
29. What could student’s study there?
Greek; Latin; Grammar; and Mathematics
30. What is the “Georgia Female Academy” known as today?
Wesleyan College