The formation of the first public schools was due to the Market Revolution in the early 1820s which created social problems and reforms to resolve them. This education movement was lead mainly by Protestants, and had three main components: educating all people, higher education for women, and schooling for blacks. The Protestants believed in a common school where schooling was universal and it would solve the future problems of the United States. This was further developed by Horace Mann, a social reformer, who believed that education should be supported by the federal government, and was a natural right. In addition to this there were also developments in female and black education during this time period such as the development of higher
