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Match the following events with their corresponding descriptions:
Match the following events with their corresponding descriptions:
1704 = First successful newspaper in American colonies published 1735 = Publisher found not guilty of seditious libel 1776 = Publication appeals for American independence 1791 = First Amendment guaranteeing freedom of the press ratified
Match the following individuals with their achievements:
Match the following individuals with their achievements:
John Campbell = Published the Boston News-Letter Benjamin Franklin = Turned the Pennsylvania Gazette into a top newspaper Elizabeth Timothy = First woman to publish a newspaper in America Samuel Morse = Demonstrated the telegraph
Match the following publications with their significance:
Match the following publications with their significance:
Freedom's Journal = First newspaper by Black journalists in the US The North Star = Established by Frederick Douglass Godey's Ladys Book = First successful women's magazine The New York Sun = First penny paper
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Match the following journalists with their contributions:
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Study Notes
Early American Newspaper History
- 1704: Boston News-Letter, the first successful American colonial newspaper, published by John Campbell.
- 1729: Benjamin Franklin took over the Pennsylvania Gazette and made it the best newspaper in the colonies.
- 1735: John Peter Zenger, a New York publisher, was acquitted of seditious libel, a key victory for press freedom.
- 1738: Elizabeth Timothy, the first female newspaper publisher in America, started the South Carolina Gazette.
- 1765: Colonial newspapers protested the Stamp Act, a tax on printed materials.
- 1776: Thomas Paine's Common Sense advocated American independence.
- 1787-1788: The Federalist Papers, political essays, appeared in the New York Independent Journal.
- 1791: The First Amendment of the US Constitution guaranteed freedom of the press.
- 1798: President Adams's Alien and Sedition Acts targeted Republican newspaper editors.
Expansion and Diversity in Newspapers
- 1827: Freedom's Journal, the first Black-owned newspaper in the U.S., was established by John Russwurm and Samuel Cornish
- 1828: The Cherokee Phoenix, partly in English and partly in Cherokee, was established.
- 1830: Godey's Lady's Book, the first successful women's magazine, was launched in Philadelphia.
- 1833: Benjamin Day started the New York Sun, a "penny paper."
- 1837: Louis Daguerre invented practical photography.
- 1844: Samuel Morse demonstrated the telegraph.
- 1847: Frederick Douglass started the North Star.
- 1848: The Associated Press, a national news service, began operations.
- 1850: Jane Grey Swisshelm became the first woman admitted to the Congressional press gallery.
- 1861: Civil War reporting began in newspapers, with the attack on Fort Sumter.
- 1870: Woman's Journal advocated for women's rights.
- 1871: Thomas Nast exposed the corrupt Tweed Ring.
- 1883: Joseph Pulitzer bought the New York World and introduced "new journalism."
- 1887: Nellie Bly exposed asylum conditions in "Ten Days in a Mad-House."
- 1892: Memphis Free Speech office was attacked for Ida B. Wells's investigation of lynchings.
- 1896: Adolph S. Ochs purchased the New York Times.
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Test your knowledge on the key milestones in early American newspaper history, from the first successful colonial publication to significant legal battles for press freedom. This quiz covers influential figures and landmark events that shaped journalism in the United States.
