Question

The Charter of the University of Georgia was important to education MAINLY because it A) was mostly written by the lawmaker Abraham Baldwin. B) was signed three years before the U.S. Constitution. C) said that education was the responsibility of the state. D) said that the university should be located in Louisville.

Answer 1

The Charter of the University of Georgia was important to education MAINLY because it was said that education was the responsibility of the state.

Option C

Explanation:

The charter dates to the time when the American was experiencing major shifting politically. It was founded almost a decade following the signing of the Declaration of Independence and a few years before the establishment of the Constitution.

It sets the principle that each state should take control of education and viewed education as the state responsibility. Georgia State set the principle when it passed an act which granted the state land to build an institution by appointing trustees to oversee necessary processes.