TEL-T 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: John Peter Zenger, Human Voice
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This new economic growth allowed people to leave the primary workforce (farming), and instead went to work in factories, and were paid money and had more leisure time new world, which required technology as simple as writing. This money allowed people to buy: freedom of press the trial of john peter zenger, 1735 newspapers/books and become more literate. A german journalist was founded for treason against the. Crown of england for printing libel, but the jury did not convict him, and instead freedom of press was incorporated into the bill of rights: benjamin franklin was the father of modern communications. He discovered that lightening was electricity: 1775-1835 rapid growth of newspapers. Pony express 1860-1861 mail delivery service. Trains help deliver mail as well: telegraph allows instant communication . Confederate troops used to intercept union messages and send them false messages: alexander graham bell discovered the telephone.
