USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Education was extremely important in Massachusetts. In fact, the first American college was established in 1636. This college was:
A
Yale
B
Princeton
C
Harvard
D
Boston College
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Harvard University, oldest institution of higher learning in the United States (founded 1636) and one of the nation’s most prestigious. It is one of the Ivy League schools. The main university campus lies along the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a few miles west of downtown Boston.

Detailed explanation-2: -Harvard University possesses the title of America’s oldest learning institution, founded in 1636. At its inception, this university’s name was “New College, ” and its purpose was mainly to educate clergy.

Detailed explanation-3: -Founded in 1636, Harvard College was the first institution of higher education in the English colonies. Before American independence, eight other colleges were founded in the future United States.

Detailed explanation-4: -Founding and Colonial era Harvard was established in 1636 by vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Detailed explanation-5: -Harvard University, founded in 1636, claims to be “the oldest institution of higher education in the United States". The claim of being “the first university” has been made on its behalf by others.

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