The University of Georgia
in 1787, the government set aside 20,000 acres of land for a state college. Women were not allowed until 1918, 117 years after the college opened.
The Spread of Baptist and Methodist Churches
Anglicans who did not support the King left the Church and England and joined the Methodist Church, led by John Wesley and George Whitefield. The Revolutionary War nearly destroyed what remained of organized religion in Georgia, as many churches were damaged or destroyed.