History+of+College

Schooling was not the most important aspect of people's lives in the colonial period. In the mid 1600s, the Puritans believed that the extent of their reading was to be the Bible. It was for the head of the household enough reading and writing knowledge to understand the scripture. Unfortunately, this was not a good strategy, thus, laws were introduced to provide schooling to children in the colonies paid for by those who could afford to do so.(Ref 1)