United States Founding Schools

  1. Columbia (King's College) - Quotes - Founded in 1754 in New York, Columbia College was originally named King's College. It's name was changed after the Revolution in 1787, and Signer of the Constitution William Samuel Johnson was named its first president.

  2. Connecticut - Quotes - Established laws for public schools as early as 1647

  3. Dartmouth - Quotes - Founded in 1754 in New Hampshire by Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, and made famous by alumnus Daniel Webster's defense of the college's charter before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1819.

  4. Harvard - Quotes - Founded in 1636, just 16 years after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth.

  5. Massachusetts - Quotes - Established laws for public schools as early as 1642

  6. Princeton - Quotes - Founded by the Presbyterians in 1746 as a seminary for the training of ministers.

  7. Rutger's University - Quotes - Founded in 1766 by the Reverend Theodore Frelinghuysen.

  8. William & Mary - Quotes - Founded in 1692 in Williamsburg, Virginia, by Reverend James Blair

  9. Yale - Quotes - Founded in 1699 by ten ministers

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