Debating the Issues in Colonial Newspapers: Primary Documents on Events of the Period

by David A. Copeland

Overview

For every major event or issue of the colonial period, newspapers printed the opinions of the day, in many cases attempting to influence public opinion. Issues such as medical discoveries, education, and censorship are covered in this collection along with important events such as the French and Indian War, the trial of John Peter Zenger, and the Boston Massacre. Each chapter introduces the event or issue and includes news articles, letters, essays, even poetry representing both sides of the argument as they affected Americans. Each document is preceded by an explanatory introduction. This is the only collection of primary source documents from colonial newspapers on the events of the era and will be a valuable tool for research and classroom discussion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313309823
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/30/2000
Series:	Debating Historical Issues in the Media of the Time
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.94(d)
Lexile:	1340L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 Years

About the Author

DAVID A. COPELAND is the A. J. Fletcher Professor of Communication at Elon University. A past president of the American Jourbanalism Historians Association, he was named Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Virginia Professor of the Year in 1998.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Newspaper in Colonial America
Censorship, Printing Control and Freedom of the Press, 1690
The Inoculation Controversy, 1721
Impartiality, Objectivity and the Press, 1729
Attakulakula Visits King George, 1730: Native American-English Relations
The Trial of John Peter Zenger, 1735
Women's Rights, 1738
The Stono Rebellion, 1739
The Great Awakening and George Whitefield, 1739-1745
Religious Divisions, 1740-1745
Massachusetts Legalizes Lotteries, 1744
Medical Discoveries: The Amazing Tar Water, 1745
Paper Money and the Currency Act, 1751
The New York Public Education Controversy, 1753-1755
The Albany Congress, Plan of Union, and French and Indian War, 1754-1763
The Cherokee War, 1759-1761
The Stamp Act Crisis, 1765-1766
No Taxation without Representation, 1765-1766
Tories versus Patriots, 1768-1775
The Sons of Liberty, 1765-1776
Nonimportation, 1768-1775
The Boston Massacre, 1770
Religious Liberty: Baptists Call for Toleration, 1770-1776
The Somerset Case and the Anti-Slavery Controversy, 1772
The Tea Act and the Boston Tea Party, 1773-1774
The 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
Thomas Paine Publishes Common Sense, 1776
The Declaration of Independence, 1776
Chronology of Events
Selected Bibliography
Index