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The Establishment of UGA and the
Movement of Georgia’s Capital
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- The University of Georgia (UGA) was chartered by the Georgia General Assembly in 1785 as one of the first state-chartered public universities in the United States. Abraham Baldwin and other leaders pushed the charter to create a public institution to educate citizens for the new republic. Although chartered in 1785, UGA did not open a campus until 1801 in the new town of Athens; the university’s early funding came from land grants and town lots, and its location reflected a desire for a stable, inland site away from vulnerable coastal settlements.
- Georgia’s state capital moved several times in the 18th and 19th centuries as the state’s population pushed west and political/strategic needs changed. Savannah was the colonial capital; during and after the Revolution the government met in Augusta and other towns; Louisville and later Milledgeville were chosen in the late 18th and early 19th centuries for their more central locations as settlement spread inland. After the Civil War, Atlanta became the state capital (late 1860s) as railroads and population made it the political and economic center of Georgia.
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- The University of Georgia (UGA) was chartered by the Georgia General Assembly in 1785 as one of the first state-chartered public universities in the United States. Abraham Baldwin and other leaders pushed the charter to create a public institution to educate citizens for the new republic. Although chartered in 1785, UGA did not open a campus until 1801 in the new town of Athens; the university’s early funding came from land grants and town lots, and its location reflected a desire for a stable, inland site away from vulnerable coastal settlements.
- Georgia’s state capital moved several times in the 18th and 19th centuries as the state’s population pushed west and political/strategic needs changed. Savannah was the colonial capital; during and after the Revolution the government met in Augusta and other towns; Louisville and later Milledgeville were chosen in the late 18th and early 19th centuries for their more central locations as settlement spread inland. After the Civil War, Atlanta became the state capital (late 1860s) as railroads and population made it the political and economic center of Georgia.
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