feb 8, 1636 - Harvard

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The university of Harvard is founded. This shows the rapid expansion of literacy and education in the colonies. This expansion of literacy would later lead to revolution because of propaganda.
http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=aa80


Image: This is the crest for Harvard. Harvard was created during colonial times and represented an expansion in knowledge and literacy in the Americas.

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