History of the United States I / Unit 4 USH1 0474 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Print Culture
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The idea
Before sixteen eighty no newspapers had been printed in colonial America. The eighteenth century brought a flood of journals, books, pamphlets and other publications.
In practice
Cato's Letters, one hundred forty-four pamphlets warning that constant efforts were being made to undermine English liberty.
Where people slip
Print linked members of the Empire by creating a community of shared tastes and ideas.
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