Question

The first attempt at a colonial newsletter was

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is B. The first attempt at a colonial newsletter was Publick Occurrences.

Explanation:

Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick was the first published newspaper in the history of the United States, launched in 1690 in Boston by Benjamin Harris, an English emigrated to the United States.

In London, Benjamin Harris was a book publisher for the Whig party in 1673 and was campaigning against the Duke of York's rise to the throne, earning him fines and jail time. He went to Boston in 1686, two years before the Glorious Revolution, to open the "London Coffee House", open to women and men, where people could consult the foreign press. The first newspaper on the North American continent, the Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick was composed of three pages of local information and a fourth left blank to allow the reader to bring his own information and thoughts. It was seized from its launch and Benjamin Harris was jailed.

Answer 2

I believe the answer is "B. Publick Occurrences"