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Colonial Colleges of The United States

Name the 19 institutions of higher education which formally existed within the Thirteen Colonies before 1783 (formal independence after American Revolution)
10 of the 19 colleges/universities can be traced to colonial-era "academies" or "schools"; yet, did not receive their charter as degree granting institutions until after formal American independence in 1783 (historical names at time charter was granted)
The year of its founding and the colony in which it was located within is given is given
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_colleges
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1636 | Massachusetts Bay Colony
New College (Harvard University)
1693 | Colony of Virginia
College of William & Mary
1696 | Province of Maryland
King William's School (absorbed by St. John's College)
1701 | Connecticut Colony
Collegiate School (Yale University)
1723 | Province of Maryland
Kent County Free School (absorbed by Washington College)
1746 | Province of New Jersey
College of New Jersey (Princeton University)
1754 | Province of New York
King's College (Columbia University)
1755 | Province of Pennsylvania
College of Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania)
1764 | Colony of Rhode Island
College of Rhode Island (Brown University)
1766 | Province of New Jersey
Queen's College (Rutgers University)
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1769 | Province of New Hampshire
Dartmouth College
1742 | Province of Pennsylvania
Bethlehem Female Seminary (Moravian College)
1743 | Delaware Colony (semi-autonomous part of the Province of Pennsylvania)
Free School (University of Delaware)
1749 | Colony and Dominion of Virginia
Augusta Academy (Washington and Lee University)
1770 | Province of South Carolina
College of Charleston
~1770 | Province/Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Academy (University of Pittsburgh)
1772 | Province of North Carolina
Little Girls' School (Salem College)
1773 | Province of Pennsylvania
Dickinson College
1775 | Colony and Dominion of Virginia
Hampden–Sydney College
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