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astraxan [27]
2 years ago
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How did the colonial printing press contribute to the American Revolution?

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MArishka [77]2 years ago
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Helped centralize ideas and plant them in many minds all over the colonies. An army is more useful if they are all in agreement about the same thing, which during the american revolution was helped by the press.

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