Learning through Enlightenment
- Created by: reneesimba
- Created on: 06-06-18 15:12
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- Enlightenment Learning
- Emphasis on education
- Numbers of chools vastly increased including kids receiving education
- New sucbjects such as History and MFL were added to curriculum of many private schools
- Adults increased knowledge through self learning, number of public libraries where annual subscription was paid to a wide selection of books
- Gave less affluent access to expensive books
- Types of School
- Number of free schools attended by poorer boys and girls numeracy and literacy. Free paying schools increased
- Colonists in New England reduced reliance on moving schools
- Communications: As desire for knowledge increased more and more printed materials were made to disseminate
- Growth of newspapers
- In 1704, just one newspaper by 1776 there were 40. Mostly ran stories from Britain to inform colonists. Also included advertisements.Sold through inreasing post office network
- Pamphelts
- Much smaller and cheaper to produce more than one newspaper, focused on one topic- usually religous messages or sometimes covered crime. Had a massive audience as theywere free
- Emphasis on education
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