The colonists provided basic education for girls as well as boys because protestant denominations wanted everyone to be able to read the Bible. Option C is correct.
Education in the Thirteen Colonies during the 17th and 18th centuries varied considerably.
How much education a child received depended on a person's social and family status. When educating, families favored boys.
Education was valued for the sake of religious study in order for thchildren to have a great command of Bible reading.
The original alphabet was developed by a Semitic people living in or near Egypt. * They based it on the idea developed by the Egyptians, but used their own specific symbols. It was quickly adopted by their neighbors and relatives to the east and north, the Canaanites, the Hebrews, and the Phoenicians.
Native Americans and slaves were not represented in the declaration of independence.
