A Zeal For Education

Concern for Education - Free schooling was the exception, not the rule, in British colonies - Many colonial leaders had a concern for education o All major religious groups had education concerns: § Anglicans in Virginia and the Carolinas § Catholics in Maryland § Puritans in New England § Quakers in Pennsylvania - Religious leaders constantly discussed means of ensuring education to the children in their respective areas - The emphasis upon reading the Bible and pious books was …showed first 75 words of 1761 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1761 total…to teach ministers divinity - College of William and Mary – chartered in 1693 – second institution of higher learning - Yale – founded in 1716 – founded to offer the level of learning of Harvard without the bustle of the big city – third colonial college - King College – New York – Later known as Columbia – chartered in 1754 - Other colleges founded before the Revolution: o Rhode Island College – later known as Brown University – 1764 o Queens College – Later known as Rutgers - 1766