Education
In the New England Colonies, the first settlements of Pilgrims, along with the later Puritans taught their children how to read and write for business and household management purposes, in addition to following their various faiths. Depending upon social and financial status, education was taught by private governesses, homeschooling and grammar schools, which included some or more subjects from reading, writing to Latin and math.
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