Editing Thirteen Colonies (section)

==Education==
{{Main|Education in the Thirteen Colonies}}
[[File:Colonial_Colleges_map.svg|thumb|Map of higher education in the 13 Colonies immediately prior to the American Revolution.]]
Higher education was available for young men in the north, and most students were aspiring Protestant ministers.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}} Nine institutions of higher education were chartered during the colonial era. These colleges, known collectively as the [[colonial colleges]] were [[Harvard College|New College (Harvard)]], the [[College of William & Mary]], [[Yale University|Yale College (Yale)]], the [[Princeton College|College of New Jersey (Princeton)]], [[Columbia University|King's College (Columbia)]], the [[University of Pennsylvania|College of Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania)]], the [[Brown University|College of Rhode Island (Brown)]], [[Rutgers College|Queen's College (Rutgers)]] and [[Dartmouth College]]. The College of William & Mary and Queen's College later became public institutions while the other institutions account for seven of the eight private [[Ivy League]] universities.

With the exception of the College of William and Mary, these institutions were all located in New England and the Middle Colonies. The southern colonies held the belief that the family had the responsibility of educating their children, mirroring the common belief in Europe. Wealthy families either used tutors and governesses from Britain or sent children to school in England. By the 1700s, university students based in the colonies began to act as tutors.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Urban |first1=Wayne J. |title=American Education: A History |last2=Wagoner |first2=Jennings L. Jr |date=2008 |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] |isbn=9781135267971 |edition=4th |pages=24–25}}</ref>

Most New England towns sponsored public schools for boys, but public schooling was rare elsewhere. Girls were educated at home or by small local private schools, and they had no access to college. Aspiring physicians and lawyers typically learned as apprentices to an established practitioner, although some young men went to medical schools in Scotland.{{Sfnp|Urban|Wagoner|2008|page=11–54}}