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The Mayflower arrived at Cape Cod
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The first Latin Grammar School was opened.
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in virginia the first free school was open for students.
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The first printing press in the American Colonies is set up at Harvard College.
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The first New England Primer is printed in Boston. It becomes the most widely-used schoolbook in New England.
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A Catholic school for girls was opened.
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Benjamin Franklin forms the American Philosophical Society
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The Revolutionary War officially ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris
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The Young Ladies Academy opens in Philadelphia and becomes the first academy for girls in the original 13 colonies/states
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The Bill of Rights is passed by the first Congress of the new United States
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the modern blackboard was invented.
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the war of 1812 begins
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one of the first public schools open
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Massachusetts enacts the first mandatory attendance law.
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The 13th Amendment is passed which is abolishing slavery.
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the first public community college in the U.S. opens.
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first junior high opens in the u.s.
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world war l ends.
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All states have laws providing funds for transporting children to school.
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World War II ends.