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European emigrants established themselves in rural communities and operated their own non-English-speaking schools.

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Benjamin Franklin created the College of Philadelphia, desiring an emphasis on English education over Greek, Latin, or German. While Latin and Greek were taught, English was the primary language used to disseminate information, and Latin/Greek were used for specific concepts only.

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Argued for more English-dominant schools to be constructed in Pennsylvania after lacking the influence over German-speaking voters. German was a predominant language in Early America, and Franklin was one of the first to propose the idea of predominantly English schools. He feared that the ascent of German would make English a minority language, thus weakening English culture as a whole.

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The Dictionary of the English Language was published by Samuel Johnson.

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Proposed that English become the official language of the United States during the writing of the Constitution. The founding fathers ruled against this proposition, claiming that it went against the freedoms championed heavily within the document.

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Bill of Rights ratified. Ruled that freedom of speech and expression was a natural right, allowing for bilingualism and use of language to be protected by the government.

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Congress considered a proposal to translate all legislation and documents into German as well as English to allow for German citizens to have a better understanding of policy. This proposal was rejected by one vote.

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A subsequent proposal for translation on February 16 failed as well, keeping all policy in English only.