Class Response 3 -- The Printing Press

Try to imagine life without books, magazines, newspapers, or any type of literacy. Sounds hard doesn't it? That is why we are very thankful for Gutenberg. Without him we would not have any of those things. He is the one who invented the printing press and started many things with his invention. In the 1300s to the 1400s, we had to do what the Church said. They told us what was in the Bible and we had to believe them because we did not have a copy for our own personal use. Soon after the printing press was invented, Martin Luther wrote the 95 theses and posted them on the Church doors. People took the document and used the printing press to make copies for everyone to read and it then everyone realized the church was wrong, thus starting the reformation. I am so glad that he invented the printing press. It really changed the world in a good way.