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=== Schooling ===

=== Schooling ===

The different sections of the newly formed United States had very different approaches to schooling children.  In Puritan New England, public schools were established and attendance was compulsory '''''as a way of trying to combat evil and promote good'''''.  Those public schools were very Christian.  In contrast, the southern colonies had almost no compulsory schooling, and the farms relied on the apprentice system, much as Amish communities in Pennsylvania and Ohio do today.  In the middle colonies (now states), such as Maryland, there were many religious schools.

The different sections of the newly formed United States had very different approaches to schooling children.  In Puritan New England, public schools were established and attendance was compulsory '''''as a way of trying to combat evil and promote good'''''.  Those public schools were very Christian, unlike public schools today.  In contrast, the southern colonies had almost no compulsory schooling, and the farms relied on the apprentice system, much as Amish communities in Pennsylvania and Ohio do today.  In the middle colonies (now states), such as Maryland, there were many religious schools.

The Land Ordinance of 1785 was enacted under the Articles of Confederation (before the U.S. Constitution was written and ratified), and it required new townships to set aside land for public schools.

The Land Ordinance of 1785 was enacted under the Articles of Confederation (before the U.S. Constitution was written and ratified), and it required new townships to set aside land for public schools.