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Revolution press shaped American liberty and the early press
The article traces how the American Revolution transformed newspapers from mere notices to opinion leaders. It discusses the Stamp Act, editor trials, Loyalist suppression, and the rise of editorializing while facing war pressures, paper shortages, inflation, and shifting postal service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis G. Walett
Worcester State College
American Antiquarian Society
Ress
United States
Boston
Virginia Gazettes
New-York Gazette
Thomas Hutchinson
Isaiah Thomas
Thomas Paine
John Adams
America
Britain
Sauers
Germantown
Hugh Gaine
New York
William Goddard
Baltimore