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Colonial Period

By Jacob Gray

  • Old Deluder Satan Act

    Old Deluder Satan Act
    Each town that had 50 house holds had to have a teacher and a school

  • John Locke

    John Locke
    Was a student and then lectured at Christ Church, Oxford from 1652 to 1667

  • Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin
    A major role in launching the University of Pennsylvania.

  • John -Jacques Rousseau

    John -Jacques Rousseau
    When his book "Confessions" was published.

  • Johann Pestalozzi

    Johann Pestalozzi
    When his book "How Gertrude Teaches her Children" was published.

  • John Amos Comenius

    John Amos Comenius
    When his Book "The Great Didactic" was published.