36a- analyze the establishment and growth of the University of Georgia, Louisville, and the spread of Baptist and Methodist churches
Growth of University of Georgia
Located in Athens, Georgia, is the first public, land-grant institution of higher learning in U.S. history. In 1785, it was chartered by Abraham Baldwin. Then, in 1801, it was built in Athens, Georgia. The first building with an all-male, all-white student body was Franklin College. Wesleyan, Georgia Female College, was open in Macon in 1836.
Growth of Louisville
Louisville was Georgia's third from from 1796-1807. The town grew, because of a massive immigration to the Georgia after the American Revolution. By the mid-1780s, the new settlers outnumbered the older costal counties, and the legislators demanded the state capital to move west. The legislators stated Louisville would be the name of the new capital; it is named after King Louis XVI of France, America's Revolutionary War ally.
THE SPREAD OF BAPTIST AND METHODIST CHURCHES
Baptist: In 1733, one or two Baptists arrived with James Oglethorpe to Savannah. After that, other Baptist started to follow them. Small, little Baptist centers were made around the areas of Savannah and Augusta. From 1759 to 1763, the first Baptist church existed, and it as named Tuckaseeking Seventh-Day.The first continuing Baptist church is Kiokee, and was discovered near Appling in 1772. Furthermore, as the population grew throughout Georgia, other churches became constituted.
Methodist: Methodism is a big Protestant community; it includes four historically denominations: the United Methodist Church, the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, and the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Zion . They, the four denominations, were made in 1996; they all share the same beliefs and organizational structure to Methodists worldwide.
Methodist: Methodism is a big Protestant community; it includes four historically denominations: the United Methodist Church, the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, and the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Zion . They, the four denominations, were made in 1996; they all share the same beliefs and organizational structure to Methodists worldwide.