GIVING BRAINLIEST, THANKS AND FIVE STARS TO BEST ANSWER HAVE A GREAT DAY! Why did the Massachusetts colony establish public schools?

They wanted to teach all children to read.

They needed the children to learn to recite.

The church wanted to have more control.

There was a need to end home schooling.

The Massachusetts colony established public schools because they wanted to teach all children to read.

Explanation:

Concerned that parents were ignoring the first law, in 1647 Massachusetts passed another one requiring that all towns establish and maintain public schools. It would be many years before these schools were open to all children. The main cause of this was to teach uneducated children to learn to read.

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