Following the end of the American civil war in 1865, and the death of Abraham Lincoln that same year. The newly appointed President (formerly vice president) Andrew Johnson, in a bid to carry out Reconstruction of the Southern united states, appointed provisional governors to the Southern States.
However, these Provisional governors seized power and began asserting their power in the state, such as creating series of black codes that disenfranchised the Freed Men (African American) of many things in the region.
Georgians were pleased that slavery would be protected and there would be a bicameral legislature. The delegation from Georgia worked to make both larger and smaller states happy with their representation and they worked to have slavery protected in the Constitution.
Answer: Because New Orleans was a very important trading port. ... The New Orleans was very important for importing and exporting goods;Mississippi River was a major transportation for settlers and good to ship items east.