Newspapers in America: Multiple Choice Grammar Test

In America the first newspaper appeared in Boston in 1690, (1) _________Public Occurrences. (2) _________without authority, it was immediately suppressed, its publisher arrested, and all copies were destroyed. Indeed, it remained forgotten until 1845 when the only known (3) _________example was discovered in (4) _________British Library. The first successful newspaper was the Boston News-Letter, (5) _________by postmaster John Campbell in 1704. Although it was (6) _________subsidized by the colonial government the experiment was a near-failure, with very limited circulation. Two (7) _________papers made their appearance in the 1720's, in Philadelphia and New York, and the Fourth Estate slowly became established on the new continent. By the eve of (8) _________Revolutionary War, some two (9) _________papers were issued at all the colonies, although Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania would remain the centers of American printing for many years. Articles in colonial papers, brilliantly (10) _________by revolutionary propagandists, were a major force that influenced public opinion in America from reconciliation with England to full political independence.