Mass Communication In Early United States History - Sam Adams and the Stamp Act

Largely based on my notes from my Introduction to Mass Media class at Stony Brook University

Placing Taxes, Public Audience, Free Press

One of the ways in which the Stamp Act rose unrest in the colonies was by________on many printed goods, which included newspapers, which was impactful as these went after people who had a large_________, whose reporting led many people to believe that the act was an attack on the_________

Cities

_______are the locations in which revolutions often begin or gain momentum, as mass communication tends to thrive there, allowing political ideas and grievances to spread more quickly

Religion, Puritan, Ancestors

Samuel Adams was a man who followed________, in which he was a_______, who admired his_________that fled persecution in Britain.

Uninteresting, Unsuccessful, Political

Samuel Adams has been described as finding his father’s malt business_________and was_______at running it, as he became more concerned with engaging in______issues.

Objective, Turn Against

Samuel Adams’ use of mass communication against the British government was not from an__________perspective, which therefore caused many colonists to_______________them.

Reprinted, Newspapers, Resentment

Samuel Adams’ writings were_______in various________across the colonies, increasing feelings of_______against the British government.

British Troops, Atrocities

Another one of Sam Adam’s targets in his newspaper was___________ who were in the colonies, in which he would write exaggerated and often false reports about the alleged_________they would commit.

Tangible Thing, Wonderful Treasure

According to Mark Puls, Sam Adams “made liberty seem like a____________, a sort of________that needed constant protection.”

Protest, Bad Butter, Rebelliousness

In 1766, Harvard University students held a_________against__________, an event that shows how the spirit of____________had grown amongst the colonial American population.

Sons Of Liberty

A loosely organized, clandestine, sometimes violent, political organization in the American colonies looking to undermine British rule, founded by Sam Adams. The precursor to this group was known as the “Loyal 9.”