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What contributed to higher literacy rates in the British colonies in North America than in the Spanish and Portuguese colonies in Latin America?

What contributed to higher literacy rates in the British colonies in North America than in the Spanish and Portuguese colonies in Latin America?
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What contributed to higher literacy rates in the British colonies in North America than in the Spanish and Portuguese colonies in Latin America?

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Protestantism, which was practiced by most British colonists, encouraged reading the Bible for oneself
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