Excerpt from Economics Movement, Vol. 1 The New England colonies have played a most impor tant part in the development of education. The New England colonists came from homes of refinement and education, and counted among their dearest privileges those of education and religion Boston Latin School, founded in 163 5, followed by Harvard College in 1637, are testimonials of their efforts in behalf of education. The records of the Connecticut colonies Show that they were. Not behind Boston in their educational efforts. In deed Ezekiel Cheever, whose _name is associated with the Boston Latin School, was the first teacher of the school founded in New Haven in 1641. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.