Which of the following made knowledge and ideas increasingly available in eighteenth-century colonial cities?

A) the advent of the telegraph
B) circulating libraries
C) taxpayer-funded public schools
D) visiting lecturers from Europe
E) the radio

Circulating Libraries

Libraries that lend books and other media for a fee, a precursor to the modern public library system, popular in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Taxpayer-funded Schools

Educational institutions primarily funded through taxes collected by the government, offering free or subsidized education to students.

Eighteenth-century

A period marking the 1700s, characterized by significant developments in politics, philosophy, science, and arts, often associated with the Enlightenment.