What were the provisions of the 1870 education act?

The Elementary Education Act 1870 was a British Parliamentary Act that was passed to ensure the schooling of all children from the age of five to twelve. Schools were now run by local groups and were inspected to make sure there were places for every child registered in the area. Schools were also now publicly funded, although fee-paying schools still existed.

The Pilgrims left England and went to the Netherlands and America seeking freedom from King James rule, they believe in the "Holy Land", making an "act of devotion" of a long distance journey to a sacred and foreign place; they also believed the Anglican and Catholic churches were corrupt.

The Roman Catholics separated from England in King Henry VIII's times around 1534 and among their beleifs they have: Baptism to become a Christian and the Resurrection of Jesus as well.

The Puritans were English protestants wanting to reform and purify the Church of England from Roman Catholic practices, they also went to America looking for religious freedom, they believed in predestination, a just almighty God, a pious lifestyle and a Covenant between God and all of them who strictly follow the scriptures.

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