Early American Newspapering

By CheshireGato

  • No newspapers.

    Gov. William Berekely said, Thank God for not printing

  • First Newssheet Debut

    Boston's Publick Occurances Both Forreign and Domestick published by Benjamin Harris

  • The Nation's Second Paper, The Boston Newsletter debuted

  • Younger Franklin brings back the printing press

  • John Peter Zenger gets arrested for libel, Franklin founded Poor Richard's Almanac and the Pennsylvania Gazette

  • First Tragic Headline

  • First News Cartoon

  • Purpose of News changed to support American cause

  • First Political Advertisment

  • Adams supported Free Press

  • Washington declared no interest in newspaper

  • Boston Massacre was recording

  • Adams guaranteed freedom of the press

  • Daily Publiction

  • First Sale Advertisment

  • Jefferson supportd Free Press

  • Broadsheets and Tabloids were commonplace by then

  • 100 Seperate Newspapers, mostly about politics

  • Newspapers from London first Arrived

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