Why were American colonial schools patterned in many cases after the English school system?

Today's schools are mandatory for all children up to a certain age. ... Schools in colonial times were none of these things. Schools in those times were typically provided by churches rather than by governments. Schooling was almost exclusively a male privilege as girls were not expected to do much learning.

Explanation:

the lowest among the social higher rank were the working class. this class remained detached to the political progression   of the country and was hostile to the other two classes

warfare was the primary means of cultural transmission in both regions.