7 sentences with “pamphlets”

In newspapers and pamphlets in the colonies, they published article after article setting forth the reasons why the Stamp Act was unconstitutional and urging peaceful protest.

However, the pamphlets warned readers to be ever vigilant and alert to attacks on that liberty. Indeed, Cato's Letters suggested that there were constant efforts to undermine and destroy it.

The Cato Letters, by the Englishmen John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon, was a popular series of 144 pamphlets. These Whig circulars were published between 1720 and 1723 and emphasised the glory of England, especially its commitment to liberty.

By 1520 Luther was actively engaged in writing and publishing inflammatory pamphlets attacking the authority of the Pope and the corruption of the Church. He was summoned to Rome to recant, but refused to go. In turn, the secular authorities intervened.

Instead, there was a huge growth in political debate in the form of printed pamphlets; over 2,000 political pamphlets were published in 1642 alone. Ordinary people had begun to engage in political dialogue in earnest, another pattern associated with modern politics.

In the 18th century, however, a wealth of magazines, books, pamphlets and other publications became available to readers on both sides of the Atlantic. This shared treasure trove of printed material linked members of the Empire by creating a community of shared tastes and ideas.

Just a few decades after the invention of the printing press, cheap printed posters and pamphlets were common in major cities and towns, often shared and read aloud at public gatherings and taverns. Thus, even the illiterate enjoyed greater access to information with the printing press.