THE NEW STATE OF GEORGIA

EDUCATION RELIGION

TRANSPORTATION STATE CAPITALS

Growth of Georgia • 1789-New Constitution

3 branches of governmentGeneral Assembly still had the most power

• Georgia large in land size but small in population

• Need for new settlers for the frontier area• Westward expansion• 1790-1840- population quadrupled

RELIGION• Religion strongly influenced growth in the new state• Second Great Awakening (1790-1830)- an increased

interest in religion• Growth of Protestant religion• Gained the nickname “Bible Belt”

BaptistDifferent groups: Southern, Primitive, Free Will• GA Baptist Convention- joined different Baptists• Created Southern Baptist Convention (largest

Protestant group today)

RELIGIONMETHODIST• Tent Revivals• Camp meetings: outside, informal• Helped Methodist church grow• 1803- first tent revival/camp meeting held in Hancock

County• Created foundation for importance of religion

ANGLICAN• Extension of the Church of England• Biggest group after the Revolution• Changed to the Episcopalian Church

EDUCATION AND UGA• Abraham Baldwin- founder and 1st president • CHARTER 1785• 633 acres- donated by John Milledge• First public university in USA• First called Franklin College• 1st school open to the lower classes• Felt education was needed for a free gov’t• 1801- held first classes, Women- 1918• http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid10172900001?

bctid=17697198001 (Abraham Baldwin BIO GA Stories)

TechnologyBetter TransportationNew machines to help with agricultureInvention of the cotton gin 1793• Eli Whitney• Separated the seed from the cotton fiber• Twice as fast as a person doing by hand• Plantation owners needed more people to

help grow and pick the crop

TRANSPORTATION• Colonial period- walk, horse, wagon • Move to unsettled areas and new towns, need to

connect these regions and towns.• Steam boat/rivers (coastal plain) • Good transportation needed for growth in the

interior of state• Canals- to connect rivers, waterways (north

mostly)- ex: Erie Canal• GA- plan for 4 canals- Altamaha to Brunswick• Started, but abandoned for RAILROAD

RAILROADS• 1833 State chartered two railroads, Georgia

Railroad Company and Central Georgia Railroad• 1837-Western & Atlantic RR (W&A)• Placed stake 7 m E of Chattahoochee Riverand called the location “Terminus”• By 1860- all but 2 RR lines passed through this

city• Terminus became known as Marthasville, then

Atlanta

Georgia’s Capital City

• S- SAVANNAH• A- AUGUSTA• L- LOUISVILLE• M- MILLEDGEVILLE• A- ATLANTA

CHANGING CAPITALS• Louisville in 1796-1807• Changed from Augusta• William Few helped decide where it would

change to.• Near Ogeechee River• Named for King Louis XVI for support during

the Rev War• Did well at first- tobacco• 1807 then to Milledgeville

CITY DATE CAPITAL FACT REASON FOR MOVING

Savannah 1733 Georgia’s first capital Georgia’s population was in the area around Augusta

Augusta 1786 Alternate capital during the American Revolution

Location was too far east; a more central location was needed

Louisville 1796 Site where Yazoo Act was repealed and burned on the capitol grounds

Moved to follow population growth in the west

Milledgeville 1807 Land lotteries conducted here; capital during the Civil War

Georgia voters chose Atlanta as the capital after the Civil War

Atlanta 1868 The capitol building was built for less than $1 million

Atlanta is Georgia’s capital city today.

HISTORY OF GEORGIA CAPITALS

1777-78 Savannah 1779-80 Augusta* 1780-81 Washington, miscellaneous sites in Wilkes County* 1781-82 Augusta 1782 Ebenezer*, Savannah 1783 Augusta 1784 Savannah, Augusta 1785 Savannah 1786-96 Augusta 1796-1806 Louisville 1807-1868 Milledgeville 1868-present Atlanta* Temporary meeting sites of state government