Question

What development motivated state leaders to move the capital of Georgia to Louisville?

A.
the westward expansion of the state

B.
the passage of the Morrill Land-Grant Acts

C.
the removal of the Cherokee from the state

D.
the destruction of Savannah during the Civil War

Answer 1

A. the westward expansion of the state

State leaders moved the capital to Louisville (in 1796) to place it more centrally as Georgia's population shifted westward—later the capital moved again (to Milledgeville) as settlement continued west.