12 Great Moments That Changed Newspaper History

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1 THE FIRST US NEWSPAPER LASTS JUST ONE EDITION Publick Occurrences was published in Boston Massachusetts on September 25 1690 It was the first newspaper in the American colonies It was meant to be published monthly But four days after its first edition was published the paper was shut down by the government In 1690 Massachusetts was a In 1690 Massachusetts was a colony of Great Britain The colonists lived under the rule of the British Royal Government The government destroyed every copy of Publick Occurrences Only one known copy survives today The Royal Government was angry about what was printed in the about what was printed in the newspaper The paper criticized newspaper The paper criticized 4 Many colonists in Many colonists in Many colonists in Boston were unhappy Boston were unhappy Boston were unhappy Boston were unhappy Boston were unhappy Boston were unhappy Boston were unhappy Boston were unhappy Boston were unhappy with British rule with British rule with British rule