Early American publishers and printers

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/early-american-publishers-and-printers

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What was the first printing press in America and who built it?The first printing press in America was built in Cambridge, Massachusetts by Elizabeth Glover and Stephen Daye.
2. Why did early printers start printing books and newspapers?They began printing to meet the need for Bibles and religious books, and later to share news and ideas with more people.

Colonial Broadside: A single-sheet publication printed on one side, used for announcements, proclamations, or advertisements.
Typography: The art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable, and appealing.
Sedition: Conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch.