Colonial+Period+Educators


 * Important Educators of the Colonial Period **

European thought had great influence on the developing educational system of America. European philosophers and their educational views altered colonial thought and practice and in time, contributed greatly to Colonial educational advancements. Enlightenment thinkers proposed new ideas regarding the roles of reason and science and forever altered the world view. The slideshow below reveals some of the philosophies of European thinkers.

Many of America's earliest members played multiple roles in the formation of America. Some were explorers, church leaders, politicians, statesmen, inventors, architects, scientists, Enlightenment philosophers, farmers, and educators. In no particular order, the following is a list of a few of the men and women who influenced education during America's Early/Colonial Period. Links are attached to provide you with some of their biographical and/or historical information.


 * Squanto
 * Anne Hutcheson
 * John Winthrop
 * Cotton Mather - [|Primary Source: Cotton Mather on the Education of Children]
 * John Smith
 * Roger Williams
 * William Penn
 * Abigail Adams
 * Thomas Jefferson - [|Jefferson's Influences on Education]
 * Benjamin Franklin - [|Primary Source: Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania by B. Franklin]
 * George Whitefield
 * Jonathan Edwards - [|Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God] - Click this link for an audio version of the sermon

[|Puritan Leaders of Education]
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[|Video: Ben Franklin on Education]
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