USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Puritans’ support for education was inspired by their religious faith. They wanted their children to be able to read the Bible. To encourage education, Massachusetts passed a law in 1647 that required every town with 50 families or more to hire an instructor to teach their children to read and write.

Detailed explanation-2: -Education was a vital part of life in the New England colonies. This was partially due to the Puritan belief that ignorance of God’s word, the Bible, could lead to the devil tricking and taking advantage of the ignorant, so they made sure their children learned to read.

Detailed explanation-3: -Graduated literacy instruction began with the alphabet, simple letter combinations, and syllables, increasing to complex sentences intended for rote memorization. Themes of sin, death, punishment, salvation, and respect for authority were displayed through alphabetic rhymed couplets, poems, prayers, and scriptures.

Detailed explanation-4: -Called grammar schools, these early public schools were intended primarily for boys who were preparing to enter the ministry. All children in early Massachusetts were expected to learn to read and write, but most received a basic education at home from their parents.

Detailed explanation-5: -The New England Primer was the first reading primer designed for the American colonies. It became the most successful educational textbook published in 17th-century colonial United States and it became the foundation of most schooling before the 1790s.