The Printing Press in the Colonies

• 1The printing press allowed for mass production of books.
• 2Printers created newspapers and pamphlets in the colonies.
• 3The printing press helped spread important news.

1. 1639

   The first printing press in the English colonies begins printing in Cambridge

2. 1640

   The Bay Psalm Book is printed

3. 1704

   The Boston News-Letter becomes the first continuous colonial newspaper

4. 1735

   Printer John Peter Zenger is found not guilty of libel