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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Copeland, David A., 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American newspapers.

Public opinion.

History.

Politics and government.

United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Sources.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--To 1775--Sources.

United States--Politics and government--To 1775--Public opinion.

Public opinion--United States--History--17th century--Sources.

Public opinion--United States--History--18th century--Sources.

American newspapers--Abstracts.

Genre:

Sources.

Abstracts.

Physical Description:

xvii, 397 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000.

Summary:

Offers the only collection of primary source documents from colonial newspapers on the events and issues of the period.

Contents:

Introduction: Newspapers in Colonial America vii

1. Censorship, Printing Control, and Freedom of the Press, 1690 1

2. The Inoculation Controversy, 1721 13

3. Impartiality, Objectivity, and the Press, 1729 26

4. Attakulakula Visits King George II, 1730: Native American-English Relations 43

5. The Trial of John Peter Zenger, 1735 58

6. Women's Rights, 1738 70

7. The Stono Rebellion, 1739 81

8. The Great Awakening and George Whitefield, 1739-1745 94

9. Religious Divisions, 1740-1745 109

10. Massachusetts Legalizes Lotteries, 1744 123

11. Medical Discoveries and the Amazing "Chinese Stones," 1745 132

12. Paper Money and the Currency Act, 1751 142

13. The New York Public Education Controversy, 1753-1755 154

14. The Albany Congress, the Plan of Union, and the French and Indian War, 1754-1763 165

15. The Cherokee War, 1759-1761 180

16. The Stamp Act Crisis, 1765-1766 192

17. "No Taxation without Representation," 1765-1766 205

18. The Sons of Liberty, 1765-1776 216

19. Tories versus Patriots, 1768-1775 226

20. Nonimportation Agreements, 1768-1775 237

21. The Boston Massacre, 1770 247

22. Religious Liberty: Baptists Call for Toleration, 1770-1776 260

23. The Somerset Case and the Anti-Slavery Controversy, 1772 276

24. The Tea Act and the Boston Tea Party, 1773-1774 288

25. The Continental Congress, 1774-1775 302

26. The Edenton Tea Party and Perceptions of Women, 1774 316

27. Arguments over Going to War with England, 1774-1776 328

28. Separation from England, 1768-1776 340

29. The Battles of Lexington and Concord, 1775 352

30. Thomas Paine Publishes Common Sense, 1776 363

31. The Declaration of Independence, 1776 372.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [387]-389) and index.

ISBN:

0313309825

OCLC:

43076901