The 'Old Deluder Satan Act' in 1647 Massachusetts required towns to:
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Correct answer: Establish a school so children could read the Bible.
Puritans believed that literacy was essential for salvation because every individual needed to read the Scriptures. This law laid the groundwork for the American public school system by mandating that towns of a certain size provide education.
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