. A history of the United States. ^§0^^< ^^Bl^^ Law of the Colony ofW^ New-Yort,-rH\% Bill shall W^ pafs current -^^ rot FIVEy.^ij POUNDS, m New York.(lie Second Day of April , OneThoufand Seven Hundred a))J Fif ly Nine. ^ //r-^;??7 -^ d /ja^ C///M QoOJji^trr; JT^^ t^i Tis Death TO couRierfeit rhii BILL. New York Colonial Paper Money onies. The difficulty was that the promises to pay were notkept, and that it took at various times from seven to twenty- SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES ^33 six dollars in paper to obtain one dollar in coin. The Eng-lish government attempted to stop the issue of such
. A history of the United States. ^§0^^< ^^Bl^^ Law of the Colony ofW^ New-Yort,-rH\% Bill shall W^ pafs current -^^ rot FIVEy.^ij POUNDS, m New York.(lie Second Day of April , OneThoufand Seven Hundred a))J Fif ly Nine. ^ //r-^;??7 -^ d /ja^ C///M QoOJji^trr; JT^^ t^i Tis Death TO couRierfeit rhii BILL. New York Colonial Paper Money onies. The difficulty was that the promises to pay were notkept, and that it took at various times from seven to twenty- SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES ^33 six dollars in paper to obtain one dollar in coin. The Eng-lish government attempted to stop the issue of such money,but without much success. Colonial Schools. — One consequence of the lack of moneywas inability to provide good schools. In several coloniesthe legislatures had voted that schools should be estabHshedby all towns containing a certain number of families. Mas-sachusetts threatened to fine towns which did not obey thelaw. Twice the fines were doubled, but it was easier to paythem than to support teachers. In Pennsylvania parentswho did not teach their children to read and write werethreatened with a fine of £5. The growth of schools in theSouth was still slower, because the inhabitants were morescattered. In Virginia a few private scho
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