USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Because the University of Georgia was the first college supported by a state government, getting the charter right was important. There were no useful models; the nation’s few existing colleges, which had strong religious affiliations, were all private.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Why did so many years pass between the creation of the charter for the University of Georgia and the date of its first classes? Georgia was trying to write and rewrite the state constitution to meet the state’s needs.

Detailed explanation-4: -As Native Americans continually attacked the Americans, Georgia’s population and capitals moved west in order to avoid war. As Oglethorpe and Tomochichi’s friendship continued, Tomochichi granted more land to Oglethorpe, and he moved the capital west.

Detailed explanation-5: -Why did Georgia give up land claims in what is now Mississippi and Alabama? The state did not have the millions of dollars required to purchase the land from Spain. The state could not claim the land because the General Assembly illegally sold it to private companies.