From 1776 to 1800, the United States ceased to be a fantastic dream and became a stable reality. Newspapers were increasingly the public's major source of information about people and events outside of their community. The press reflected the issues of the day. Its foremost concern was naturally the armed struggle with Britain. The press covered the conflict, providing both patriot and loyalist interpretations of the battles and personalities. Yet after the British withdrew, a host of new challenges confronted the United States, including the Articles of Confederation, Shay's Rebellion, the Bill of the Rights, the Whiskey Rebellion, slavery, women's roles, the French Revolution, the XYZ Affair, the Sedition Act, and more. Again, the press not only purveyed the facts. It became a political tool trumpeting the viewpoint of Republicans and Federalists, ushering in a new era of American journalism. Beginning with an extensive overview essay of the period, this book focuses on 26 pressing issues of the war and the early republic. Each issue is presented with an introductory essay and multiple primary documents from the newspapers of the day, which illustrate both sides of the debate. This is a perfect resource for students interested in the Revolutionary War, the birth of the new nation, and the actual opinions and words of those involved.

This book describes the everyday lives of people during the American Revolution as they adapted to the political and military conflicts of the time. Students studying the American Revolutionary War learn primarily about battles and how independence from the British was achieved. In Voices of Revolutionary America: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life, readers get the largely untold story of the American Revolution: the ongoing issues and details of life in the background, behind the battles. This book surveys the entirety of the Revolutionary era, describing topics like marriage, childbirth, learning a trade, cost of living, slavery, and religion in the late 18th century. While some documents from the 1760s and early 1770s are provided to present general information about life, the book focuses on the years of the war from 1775 to 1783 and describes how the prolonged conflict impacted people's day-to-day lives. Includes original documents showing the impact of war on daily life, such as a series of letter exchanges between John and Abigail Adams showing how Abigail ran the family farm while John was serving in the Continental Congress Provides a chronology of events in American history during the Revolutionary Era Supplies a bibliography of important books, websites, and films related to the Revolution and its impact on Americans Contains a helpful glossary of terms

The Greenwood Library of American War Reporting Volume 1: The French and Indian War; The Revolutionary War Volume 2: The War of 1812; The Mexican-American War Volume 3: The Civil War North; The Civil War South Volume 4: The Indian Wars; The Spanish-American War Volume 5: World War I; World War II, The European Theater Volume 6: World War II, The Asian Theater; The Korean War Volume 7: The Vietnam War; Post-Vietnam Conflicts Volume 8: The Iraq Wars and the War on Terror & Index The Greenwood Library of American War Reporting presents a unique and unfiltered presentation of American History from colonial days to the present through annotated primary documents of journalists and reporters writing as events occured. The definitive reference source on culture and history during wartime America's conflicts, each volume collects key news reports on battles, politics, the home front, peace talks, massacres, and much more. Substantial context-setting overviews introduce every volume, topical chapter, and unabridged primary source. Over 2,500 annotated news reports - newspaper and magazine articles, and radio and television transcripts - and 400 drawings and photos cover every major and most minor conflicts over the past 250 years, from the French & Indian Wars to the War on Terror. Read history as it was being made in these immediate, raw, and often confused reports about life-and-death struggles on the front lines and the critical activities on the home front. Features: BLPulitzer Prize-Winning Articles and Photos BLAll Articles are annotated BLReader's Guide to Documents BLIntroductory Essays BL2,500 Primary Documents BL400 Images BLThematic Indices Topics to explore using the set include: BLAfrican Americans and war BLNative Americans and war BLWomen and War BLChildren and War BLDaily life and the home front BLRacism and Race Relations BLEconomics and war BLMassacres adn Atrocities BLBattles at Sea BLAir Battles BLLand Campaigns BLInvasions BLMilitary Leaders BLPolitical Leaders BLEspionage BLAnti-war protests BLCensorship BLPropaganda BLPeace Treaties adn Armistices BLPacifism BLConcentration Camps BLThe Atom Bomb BLCivilian Casualties BLTerrorism BLPrisoners of War BLPresidential Politics Includes Pieces Written or Presented by well-known figures such as: BLErnie Pyle BLStephen Crane BLErnest Hemingway BLMarguerite Higgins BLGeorge Padmore BLEdward R. Murrow BLMargaret Bourke-White BLJohn Hersey BLJohn Brown BLWilliam Lloyd Garrison BLWilliam Harding BLWalter Cronkite BLPeter Arnett BLDavid Halberstam BLMorley Safer BLMichael Herr BLSeymour M. Hersh BLRobert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer BLBob Woodward BLRandall Pinkston BLJudy Woodruff BLPeggy Durdin BLJohn Paul Vann BLBernard Shaw BLLarry King BLDan Rather BLWilliam Safire BLKatie Couric Sample of Where Work was Originally Published in or Presented: BLChicago Defender BLSaturday Evening Post BLStars & Stripes BLNew York Times BLWashington Post BLSan Francisco Chronicle BLLife BLCleveland Plain Dealer BLNew York World BLChicago Daily News BLWall Street Journal BLTime BLBoston Globe BLChristian Science Moniter BLAtlanta Journal and Constitution BLSt. Paul Pioneer Press BLCNN BLKentucky Journal BLBaltimore Sun BLHartford Daily Current BLCharleston Mercury BLSavannah Republican BLNewsweek BLRamparts BLThe New Republic BLThe New Yorker BLCBS Evening News BLHarper's BLLos Angeles Times BLThe Associated Press BLThe MacNeil/LehrerNewsHour BLNational Intelligencer BLAlbany Gazette BLThe Liberator BLNightline BLABC World News Now BLNPR: All Things Considered BLFairness & Accuracy in Reporting Highlights: BLGeorge Washington's 1754 Expedition to the Ohio Valley BLThe Fall of Fort Duquesne, 1758 BLThe Fall of Quebec BLThe Boston Tea Party BLThe Declaration of Independence BLThe Battle of Yorktown BLTecumseh, the Prophet, and Native Americans BLBurning of Washington BLBattle of New Orleans BLThe Alamo and Texas Revolution BLManifest Destiny BLThe Wilmot Proviso BLSouthern Cessation from the Union BLThe Emancipation Proclamation BLThe Battle of Shiloh BLThe Battle of Gettysburg BLSherman's March to the Sea BLAppomattox Courtyard BLThe Modoc War BLThe Battle of Little Bighorn BLWounded Knee BLThe Destruction of the Maine BLYellow Journalism and the Spanish-American War BLThe Philippines Insurrection BLSinking of the Lusitania BLThe Zimmermann Telegram BLWoodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points BLBlack United States Servicemen in England BLD-Day and Its Immediate Aftermath BLFreeing the German Concentration Camp Prisoners BLThe Attack on Pearl Harbor BLInvasion of Okinawa BLDropping the Atom Bomb on Nagasaki BLTurnabout at Inchon BLTruman versus MacArthur BLBlack Soldiers and the Women of the Korean War BLTet Offensive BLSiege of Khesanh BLMylai Massacre BLClan Wars in Somalia, 1992-1993 BLWar in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1992-1997 BLSeptember 11 Attacks BLThe PATRIOT Act BLHomeland Security BLAbu Ghraib Prisoner Abuse

The second book in a six-volume series on the history of American journalism, this book focuses on the 50 years following the end of the Revolution, during which the American press grew and expanded. Newspapers played an important political role as the press became involved in the partisanship that characterized most of this period. As political parties grew in the United States, newspapers became an essential part of the communication network for the dissemination of the ideology of the parties. In this volume, Humphrey clearly presents the changing role of the press in American society—from a vehicle through which to convert people to a particular point of view, to a provider of news and information.

Carol Sue Humphrey's "The American Revolution and the Press" argues that newspapers played an important role during America's struggle for independence by keeping Americans engaged in the war even when the fighting occurred in distant locales. From the moment that the colonials received word of Britain's new taxes in 1764 until reports of the peace treaty arrived in 1783, the press constituted the major source of information about events and developments in the conflict with the mother country. Both Benjamin Franklin, one of the Revolution's greatest leaders, and Ambrose Serle, a Loyalist, described the press as an "engine" that should be used to advance the cause. The efforts of Patriot printers to keep readers informed about the war helped ensure ultimate success by boosting morale and rallying Americans to the cause until victory was achieved. As Humphrey illustrates, Revolutionary-era newspapers provided the political and ideological unity that helped Americans secure their independence and create a new nation.