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16. Didn't even have "the press" as in newspapers, maybe Boston, NYC,...They were called "printers" and they generally made

Reply to ExciteBike66 (Reply #1)

Tue May 7, 2024, 04:14 PM

May 7

woodcuts and engravings to tell a story...no cameras then, but there was local advertising. Some times silversmiths were called to this purpose because they were already trained to engrave on metals (Paul Revere). Printers distributed local encouragement for and against both Tories and colonialists (Patriots). When he was in the USA, Ben Franklin and others distributed to Patriots his thoughts on independence from King George's kingdom across the pond and common sense wisdom pamphlets and posters.

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Just out of curiosity, when the British invaded the colonies, [View all] unblock May 7 OP

I don't think they even had journalistic ethics back then... ExciteBike66 May 7 #1

Yeah funny, they actually oppose tyranny back then. Go figure. unblock May 7 #3

Didn't even have "the press" as in newspapers, maybe Boston, NYC,...They were called "printers" and they generally made Backseat Driver May 7 #16

LOLOLOL!!! elleng May 7 #2

Ha! unblock May 7 #8

Historians have been clutching their heads over that myth for generations. Aristus May 7 #18

Yeah, other that authors in a book, I view any quote as suspicious. unblock May 7 #19

British regulars ITAL May 7 #27

John Adams wrote Wednesdays May 7 #4

If they had today's media back then, unblock May 7 #5

Well, if you were too "anti-establishment", yagotme May 7 #7

Who owns the ink decides what stinks IA8IT May 7 #6

Probably both since about 20% of the colonists were loyalists(Tories). Sneederbunk May 7 #9

There were reporters awaiting the British at the airports. n/t Harker May 7 #10

Ha! Right, how could I forget unblock May 7 #11

I don't believe there was a British Invasion until the Beatles C_U_L8R May 7 #12

Well you know, you better free your mind instead... unblock May 7 #13

note: the brrittish didn't really invade, they were already here..... getagrip_already May 7 #14

The Beatles were 150 years late, then. Igel May 7 #30

Newspapers in America were historically incredibly partisan Sympthsical May 7 #15

Lincoln shut down over 300 newspapers. former9thward May 7 #17

Yep Sympthsical May 7 #21

I know this is sarcasm post and I'm responding with a few boring old circulars, so irony and humor is likely dead..LOL LeftInTX May 7 #20

What's with all the "F"s in words that don't have F's in the obit? Drunk typesetter or what? F instead of S EX500rider May 7 #24

I have no idea. It's like that in all of them:. Maffachuffets, Bofton, Conftitional, Domeflick etc LOL LeftInTX May 7 #25

That's how an "s" inside a word was configured in printing. marybourg May 7 #26

It's not an f, grumpyduck May 7 #28

It's called a long s Emrys May 7 #31

When the British defended the colonies against rebels DavidDvorkin May 7 #22

Social Media of the day crucified the British but the government posters made threats. Wonder Why May 7 #23

The British didn't "invade" the colonies Docreed2003 May 7 #29

Thank you GenThePerservering May 7 #32