Spiritual and Educational Development in Early Georgia

SSH8H5.aExplain the establishment of the University

of Georgia, Louisville, and the spread of Baptist and Methodist churches

Do Now

• How has religion and education affected how we are raised. Think about our beliefs and how we are raised.

Do Now

• List and explain the three issues that you hope the presidential election addresses

Do Now

• Have you ever been to a revival? Did it affect anything outside of the church? How did the revival affect your community?

Do Now

• 1. Describe what happened with the colony of Georgia with the change from the trustee government to royal government.

• 2. Describe how the French and Indian War led to the American Revolution.

• 3. Why were the Highlanders asked to move to Georgia?

Agenda

• Do Now• Walk through the museum.• Class discussion• Walk through the museum

Vocabulary

• Revival • Camp Meeting• Georgia Baptist Convention• University of Georgia• Louisville, Georgia• Second Great Awakening

The Great Awakening• What was the Great Awakening?

The First Great Awakening was a religious movement that occurred in Europe

• In response to the enlightenment era• Reaffirmed the view that being truly religious

meant trusting the heart rather than the head• prized feeling more than thinking• relyed on biblical revelation rather than human

reason

• The First Great Awakening reached the American Colonies and appeared among Presbyterians in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

• Spread throughout the middle coloies and up into the New England Colonies

• Inspired some to become missionaries to the southern portion of the area

• The First Great Awakening left the south polarized along religious lines.– Some argued against the teachings that the

emotions that followed the revivals led to disorder and discord.

The Second Great Awakening

• 1790-1830 swept across America• During this time, interest in religion in the

United States increased, especially for Protestantism.

• Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, and the Anglican Church participated.

Methodists

• Tent Revivals- new form of religious meeting that developed during this time

• Revival- meeting meant to interest people in religion

• Methodists held camp meeting revivals• Georgia’s first camp meeting was held in

Hancock county around 1803• Camp meetings continued for several years

Baptists

• During this time,Baptists leaders wanted to unite all of the different Baptist groups in the state

• Georgia formed the Georgia Baptist Convention.– This brought together different types of Baptists– Eventually the Baptist Convention joined the

Southern Baptist Convention

Anglican Church

• Anglican Church was an extension of the Church of England

• During this time, the Anglicans were the biggest religious group in the state.

• The Anglicans changed their name to Protestant Episcopal Church in 1789

Discussion

• Discuss with your neighbors how these revivals affected the Georgia. Keep in mind how Georgia’s reputation is today.

Education

• One of the first things the state of Georgia did following the Revolutionary War was to open a university.

• Abraham Baldwin wrote the plan for the school that is now known as the University of Georgia– He believed that education education was

necessary for free government

UGA

• Baldwin believed that everyone should have a good education, not just the wealthy.

• During this time, other colleges were private and too expensive for the average person

• University of Georgia was the first college to open its doors to lower income people

• First Class was held Sept 1801

Louisville, Ga

• After the revolution, stse legislatures demanded that Georgia’s capital be moved further west than Savannah.

• 1786- a commission, including William Few Jr. was given a job of finding the new capital

• The commission purchased 1000 acres near Ogeechee River. They named this land after Louis XVI the french king who helped them during the Revolution

• 1796- Georgia named Louisville the capital• Shortly after , in 1807, Georgia was forced to

move the capital once again. • Why?

A day at the Museum

• You and your partners will be enjoying a day at the museum.

• Today we will visit the exhibit on the Second Great Awakening and its effects on Georgia

• As you visit each exhibit, you will add as many ideas about that subject as you can .

• You may correct any mistakes that were created before you.