Boston Gazette

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colonial American newspaper defunct newspaper newspaper

The Boston Gazette was an influential colonial American newspaper known for its role in promoting revolutionary ideas and opposition to British rule in the years leading up to the American Revolution.

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Label Occurrences
Boston Gazette canonical 1
Boston Gazette newspaper 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial American newspaper ⓘ
defunct newspaper ⓘ
newspaper ⓘ
associatedOrganization Sons of Liberty ⓘ
associatedWithEvent American Revolutionary War ⓘ
surface form: American Revolution

Boston Massacre ⓘ
Boston Tea Party ⓘ
Stamp Act 1765 ⓘ
surface form: Stamp Act crisis

Townshend Acts (tea tax component) ⓘ
surface form: Townshend Acts protests
circulationArea Boston ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
foundedBy William Brooker ⓘ
Massachusetts colonial legislature ⓘ
surface form: the government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
genre news ⓘ
political newspaper ⓘ
headquartersLocation Boston ⓘ
historicalSignificance major Patriot newspaper in the American colonies ⓘ
ideology American republicanism ⓘ
colonial resistance to Britain ⓘ
inception 1719 ⓘ
knownFor Patriot propaganda ⓘ
criticizing British taxation policies ⓘ
opposition to British rule ⓘ
promoting revolutionary ideas ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn Massachusetts ⓘ
Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
location Boston ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
notableContributor James Otis Jr. ⓘ
John Adams ⓘ
Joseph Warren ⓘ
Paul Revere ⓘ
Samuel Adams ⓘ
notableEditor Benjamin Edes ⓘ
John Gill ⓘ
politicalAlignment Patriot ⓘ
pro-independence ⓘ
publicationFrequency weekly ⓘ
publisher Benjamin Edes ⓘ
John Gill ⓘ
roleInHistory helped mobilize colonial opposition to British policies ⓘ
served as a voice for the Sons of Liberty ⓘ
subject American independence ⓘ
British colonial policy ⓘ
taxation without representation ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
pre-Revolutionary America ⓘ

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Essays in the Boston Gazette → publishedIn → Boston Gazette ⓘ
Essays in the Boston Gazette → publisher → Boston Gazette ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston Gazette newspaper