USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Baldwin wrote the charter for the University of Georgia, and saw it adopted by the state legislature in January of 1785. This charter was the first ever written and adopted for a state-supported public University.

Detailed explanation-2: -Abraham Baldwin, who represented Georgia at the Constitutional Convention, was a fervent missionary of public education. Throughout his career he combined a faith in democratic institutions with a belief that an informed citizenry was essential to the continuing wellbeing of those institutions.

Detailed explanation-3: -After writing the charter for the University of Georgia, Abraham Baldwin served as the college’s first president from 1786 to 1801. In 1787 he was chosen as one of four Georgia delegates to the Constitutional Convention.

Detailed explanation-4: -University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The university became the first public institution of higher learning in the U.S. to open its doors in 1795 when it completed construction on its first building, Old East, and admitted its first students.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 1787 Baldwin served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. While Georgia had other delegates to attend, it was Abraham Baldwin and William Few who stayed through all of the debate and signed the constitution.