Explain the significance of newspapers and journals developed in the early 18th century. Give any three suitable examples.

The significance of newspapers and journals in the early 18th century was as given below:
(i) Newspaper and journals carried information about war and trade.
(ii) They provided new of development in other places.
(iii) The ideas of scientists and philosophers became more accessible to the common people.
(iv) Ancient and medieval scientific texts were compiled and published.
(v) Map and scientific diagrams were widely printed.
(vi) Writings of thinkers like Thomas Paine, Voltaire and Rousseau were printed and read by the people.