How was propaganda was used in colonial American to unite the colonists against England?

Before and during the American Revolution, the British and the colonists made extensive use of propaganda to build support for their causes. Years before the first shot was fired, newspapers and pamphlets distributed throughout the colonies argued support for colonial independence from the British crown. Famous patriots such as Benjamin Franklin and Paul Revere also published newspapers, and their propaganda defined basic ideals of American patriotism that carried through to modern times.

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