Title Debating the issues in colonial newspapers : primary documents on events of the period / David A. Copeland

Published Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 397 pages) : illustrations Contents Newspapers in colonial America -- Censorship, printing control, and freedom of the press, 1690 -- Inoculation controversy, 1721 -- Impartiality, objectivity, and the press, 1729 -- Attakulakula visits King George II, 1730: Native American-English relations -- Trial of John Peter Zenger, 1735 -- Women's rights, 1738 -- Stono Rebellion, 1739 -- Great Awakening and George Whitefield, 1739-1745 -- Religious divisions, 1740-1745 -- Massachusetts legalizes lotteries, 1744 -- Medical discoveries and the amazing "Chinese stones," 1745 -- Paper money and the Currency Act, 1751 -- New York public education controversy, 1753-1755 -- Albany Congress, the Plan of Union, and the French and Indian War, 1754-1763 -- Cherokee War, 1759-1761 -- Stamp Act crisis, 1765-1766 -- "No taxation without representation," 1765-1766 -- The Sons of Liberty, 1765-1776 -- Tories versus patriots, 1768-1775 -- Nonimportation agreements, 1768-1775 -- Boston Massacre, 1770 -- Religious liberty: Baptists call for toleration, 1770-1776 -- Somerset case and the anti-slavery controversy, 1772 -- Tea Act and the Boston Tea Party, 1773-1774 -- Continental Congress, 1774-1775 -- Edenton Tea Party and perceptions of women, 1774 -- Arguments over going to war with England, 1774-1776 -- Separation from England, 1768-1776 -- Battles of Lexington and Concord, 1775 -- Declaration of Independence, 1776 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-389) and index Notes Print version record Subject Public opinion -- United States -- History -- 17th century -- Sources Public opinion -- United States -- History -- 18th century -- Sources American newspapers -- Abstracts HISTORY. American newspapers Politics and government Politics and government -- Public opinion Public opinion Öffentliche Meinung Zeitung Kolonisatie. Maatschappij. Politieke onafhankelijkheid. United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Sources. United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775 -- Sources United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775 -- Public opinion United States USA Noord-Amerika. Genre/Form Abstracts History Sources Bronnen (vorm) Abstracts. Résumés analytiques. Form Electronic book ISBN 0313007268 9780313007262 9780313309823 0313309825

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