Georgia’s Capital Cities Augusta  Georgia moved its capital from Savannah to Augusta in 1785 to be more accessible to people moving west.

Louisville, GA  They moved it again in 1796 to a new town called Louisville (named for King Louis of France).  Serve as a trading center  Located on the Ogeechee River

 Louisville’s time as Capital will end in 1807 due to…  Malaria Outbreaks  Difficulty of Ogeechee river as trade route  People were moving to Northwest parts of Georgia

 October wagons carrying the public records of the state left Louisville for Milledgeville  For sixty years Milledgeville served as Georgia's capital city  As Georgia expanded west, the capital will move to stay center of the state

 June an order was given to move Georgia’s capital from Milledgeville to Atlanta  July the first meeting of the legislature in Atlanta took place in the Atlanta City Hall and Fulton County Courthouse

 Abraham Baldwin believed it was a government’s duty to help educate everyone.  First Charter for a public University in the Country.  Charter for UGA was established in  Athens, Georgia  First held classes in  Originally called Franklin College - later became the University of Georgia.

 Georgia’s capital has moved several times in history..  S avannah  A ugusta  L ouisville  M illedgeville  A tlanta  Find these places on the map, place them on your map on LH 72 along with the years that the city served as our state’s capital

 Land Lottery  Yazoo Land Fraud  Headright System  Cotton Gin  Impact of Cotton Gin  Railroad  Impact of Railroad  UGA  Savannah  Augusta  Louisville  Milledgeville  Atlanta Tell dates of each capital and why it moved from that city