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At the time of the Revolution, American colonies had 9 higher education institutions. 6 of the 9 college presidents supported the Revolution. By looking at the table below, it's easy to guess which 3 presidents supported the British.


Institution (present name, where different)

Colony

Founded

Chartered

First instruction (degrees)

Primary religious influence

Ivy League
New College[nb 1]
(Harvard University)
Massachusetts Bay Colony 1636 1650[3] 1642 (1642) Puritan(Congregational) Yes
College of William & Mary Colony of Virginia 1693[nb 2] 1693[6] 1694[7] Church of England[nb 3] No
Collegiate School
(Yale University)
Connecticut Colony 1701 1701[8] 1702 (1702 honorary MA) (1703 BA)[9] Puritan(Congregational) Yes
College of New Jersey
(Princeton University)
Province of New Jersey 1746 1746[10] 1747 (1748) Presbyterian but officially nonsectarian Yes
King's College
(Columbia University in the City of New York)
Province of New York 1754 1754[11] 1754 (1758) [12] Church of Englandwith a policy of commitment to "religious liberty."[13] Yes
College of Philadelphia
(University of Pennsylvania)
Province of Pennsylvania 1755 (college)[nb 4] 1755[18] 1755 (1757) Church of England but officially nonsectarian[19][nb 5] Yes
College of Rhode Island[24]
(Brown University)
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 1764 1764[25] 1765[26] Baptist (no religious requirement for admissions)[nb 6] Yes
Queen's College
(Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey)
Province of New Jersey 1766 1766[28] 1771 (1774) Dutch Reformed No
Dartmouth College Province of New Hampshire 1769 1769[29] 1768 (1771)[nb 7] Puritan(Congregational) Yes

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