Chapter 3 Flashcards
What are the 2 chief reasons early colonists came to America?
1) to find economic opportunities
2) to escape religious persecution
In the eyes of early settlers, it was a folly to waste precious candles on something as unnecessary as reading- T or F
True
Upon the arrival of the printing press in the New World, printing was limited to which 2 documents?
1) government papers
2) religious texts
Which 3 texts openly challenged England’s right to govern the colonies?
1) James Wilson’s Considerations on the Nature and Extent of the Legislative Authority of the British Parliament
2) John Adams’s Novanglus Papers
3) Thomas Jefferson’s A Summary View of the Rights of British America
What are 3 true statements about the Stamp Act?
1) It was a British mandate requiring all printing be done on paper stamped with the government’s seal.
2) One reason it was imposed was to recover the money England had spent on the French and Indian War.
3) It was in part an attempt to control and limit expression in the increasingly restless colonies.
With taverns and coffeehouses attached to them, what happened to print shops in colonial America?
They became central locations for the collection, exchange, and dissemination of information.
How did the printing press that came to the New World in the 17th century compare to the printing presses of Gutenberg’s era?
The New World presses and book industry were very similar to those of Gutenberg’s era.
Allen Lane invented what we now recognize as the paperback in the midst of which event?
Great Depression
Which of the following best describes the early settlers who came to America?
They were uneducated and largely illiterate.
What is it that makes books more able than other mass media to develop and present new, challenging, or unpopular ideas?
the fact that books are less dependent on attracting the largest possible audience
The most widely read colonial author during the American Revolution was Blank______, the author of Common Sense.
Thomas Paine
To survive financially, printers also operated as which of the 4 jobs?
1) booksellers and book publishers
2) postmasters and grocers
Which of the following best defines the early modern paperback book?
It is a small, inexpensive reissue of a successful hardcover book.
Which 3 statements describe the relationship between books and their audiences?
1) The more direct relationship between publisher and reader makes books different from other types of mass media.
2) Publishers produce titles aimed at readers who buy and carry away individual units.
3) In terms of mass media, the book reaches the least number of people.
Which was the first book printed in the colonies?
The Whole Booke of Psalms
Which of the following statements best describes aliteracy?
It is possessing the ability to read but deciding not to do so.
Each year in the United States, more than ______ traditional and nontraditional titles are published, and over ______ print books are sold.
1 million; 1.8 billion
