Europe’s average literacy at the start of the American Revolution (circa 1775–1780) was roughly 30–40% overall.

The best single-number estimate historians use is:
≈ 65% average literacy for the total population of the colonies at the start of the Revolution.

Average overall literacy in the American colonies around 1776 was roughly 60–70%.

elon musk is a south african billionaire white supremest who entered the country illegally and is enriching himself on the american tax payers tit he is the least qualified person to talk about american history or whats left of it .

This retired high school science teacher, who as the department chair had many a meeting with iterations of our school board over the years, says thank you!!!!

Excellent article and sits well with my lived experiences.

Spot on article! The real concern I have had is not that they want certain material or info to be kept from their children, they just don't want that info to even exist any more. We can not improve in any way by removing knowledge from the human race.

Hey thanks!

Watching Ken Burns’ documentary about the American Revolution. The colonists, along with Sweden, were the most literate people in the world. It takes literate, thinking people to throw off the oppressors.

You are absolutely right! Terrific read! Thank you for posting!

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