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As the population moved west, movements were also occurring within education and religion. In 1785, the University of Georgia became the first university in the nation created by a state government. Abraham Baldwin, champion of the "Great Compromise" during the Constitutional Convention, wrote the charter that formed the school. Baldwin believed that all people, regardless of class or stature, had the right to an education. The charter served as a framework for other state sponsored universities.
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Louisville, modeled after Philadelphia, was Georgia’s third capitol city. As the population moved west, a more central capitol was needed. In 1807, the capitol was moved to Milledgeville.
The legislature also approved the formation of the Louisville Academy, located in the Georgia capitol of Louisville. This academy was one of many that were designed to prepare young men for university, a precursor to our modern-day high schools.
Religion also grew with the new nation, and two distinctly American religions took root. The Baptists emerged in direct opposition to the "high church" style of Anglicanism. Baptists believed that congregations should be self-governing, practiced believer’s baptism, and stressed the Biblical truth over church tradition. Baptists believed in the Calvinist doctrine of predestination, the idea that only an elect few will achieve salvation.
Methodism first emerged in America when its founder, John Wesley, spent some time in Georgia. The Methodists, like the Baptists, viewed Scripture as their primary doctrine. However, unlike the Baptists, Methodists denounced the doctrine of predestination and promoted the idea that anyone can achieve salvation through God’s grace.
The freedoms guaranteed in the Constitution and Bill of Rights created an environment in which education and religion could grow and prosper.
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