Jason Shiroff's List: Colonial America

Johnny Tremain


Context
Plot Overview
Character List
Analysis of Major Characters
Themes, Motifs & Symbols
Chapter I: Up and About
Chapter II: The Pride of Your Power
Chapters III–IV
Chapter V: The Boston Observer
Chapters VI–VII
Chapters VIII–IX
Chapter X: ‘Disperse, Ye Rebels!’
Chapters XI–XII
Important Quotations Explained
Key Facts
Study Questions & Essay Topics
Quiz
Suggestions for Further Reading

Gutenberg printed his first in 1454. They are still printed today. They are broadsides: notices written on disposable, single sheets of paper printed on one side only, intended to have an immediate impact on readers.

Broadsides did have an impact in colonial America. They delivered the latest news and much more: government proclamations, public service announcements, opinion papers, advertisements, and entertainment updates. Broadsides address virtually every aspect of the American Revolution, providing a wide range of suitable classroom topics. In this lesson, students will use the resources of the Library of Congress's Printed Ephemera Collection to experience the news as the colonists heard it.

When you examine records of daily life in the colonies, you will frequently see references to money — the value of goods in a will or probate inventory, prices of goods for sale, or rewards for the return of runaway slaves or servants. That isn’t surprising — consider how often money comes up in casual conversation, emails, newspapers, and television today. (”You paid how much for that?”)

Colonial North Carolina