What was the name of the most widely read textbook in Colonial America?

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The New England Primer was the first real textbook used during colonial times and was first published in 1690. Before the New England Primer was published the Hornbook was used. This was an alphabet sheet tacked to a paddle shaped piece of wood and hung around the pupils neck.

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