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The development of education from the 17th and 18 century

By Rushjymika

  • English settlement of Jamestown

    This was the first permanent English settlement in what is now the US. It is now the state of Virginia.

  • Latin Grammar school

    Boston Latin School is the first Latin grammar school to be established. It's to create positions in the church.

  • Harvard College

    The higher education college is now in the U.S. It's located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

  • The printer press

    The first-ever printer press in the American colonies was set up at Harvard college.
  • Period: to

    The development of education from the 18th century

    Age of Enlightenment

  • Act of succession established in England

    The act stated that the firstborn son of the monarch would take over the throne after the death of his parent. Without a male descendant for the throne, then the firstborn daughter would take the throne.

  • Establishment of St. Petersburg

    Peter the Great established the capital city of St. Petersburg.

  • George ||| is born

    He becomes king of Britain in 1760. George III ruled until 1820 anded England through the American War of Independence

  • The end of enlightenment

    The last Enlightenment thinker that was alive at the time, Denis Diderot. He was a French writer and philosopher, died in 1784.