In the 1690’s the american poulation was for all intents and purposes, literate.

In the 1690’s the american poulation was for all intents and purposes, literate.

The level of popular writing in that is today only thought in university seminars.

In a population of 3M, 600,000 people, more than one in six, bought a copy of Paine’s Common Sense.

Yet this complexity of thought is taught in university not grade school.