Question

read the passage. there are several questions about this passage.
european papermaking came to the american colonies in the late seventeenth century. although most paper made today is produced from wood pulp, paper in colonial days was made from cotton and linen fibers.
from paper
1 the history of paper offers insight into why the colonists wanted independence from britain. a coin, a paper mill, a newspaper—whatever it was that the colonists wanted, the crown often prohibited it. and then the british tried to earn revenue by taxing the goods the colonists were forced to import from england because local production was stifled.
2 in 1764, the british, looking for revenues in an economic recession that had hit both england and the colonies, proposed the stamp act. this required all american colonists to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper, including shipping documents, legal documents, books, pamphlets, newspapers, broadsides, and even playing cards. the tax did not cost the average colonist a great deal, but they objected to the principle of the new legislation. the stamp act went beyond the normal practice of regulating commerce: it was a fund - raising measure, and one that was being done without the consent of local legislatures.
3 but for newspaper publishers, the stamp act was a true hardship. it assessed a halfpenny on each copy of a newspaper printed on what was termed \half a sheet.\ if a newspaper used a larger format, it was assessed a penny per copy. the act also charged two cents for an advertisement—and some of these ads only earned three cents—and a halfpenny for each copy of a pamphlet. an additional tax on publishing in foreign languages killed a thriving german - language press in pennsylvania. lawyers, whose documents were also taxed, were harmed by the stamp act as well, and together, newspaper publishers and lawyers led a successful campaign to
part b
select two excerpts from the passage that best help develop the correct central idea from part a.

1. \this required all american colonists to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper, including shipping documents, legal documents, books, pamphlets, newspapers, broadsides, and even playing cards.\ (paragraph 2)

2.
ewspapers themselves became committed, for the first time, to printing on american - made paper\ (paragraph 5)

1. \americans vowed to content themselves with inferior american paper, even if, due to the competition created by the townshend act boycott, it cost more.\ (paragraph 7)
2. \the thirty - four paper mills operating in the thirteen colonies in the 1760s did not have the capacity to meet americas paper needs\ (paragraph 7)
3. \once the revolution began and british imports cut off, american paper mills, by this time numbering eighty, still could not meet the demand for paper.\ (paragraph 8)

Explanation:

The central idea is likely about how the Stamp - Act related to paper and colonists' dissatisfaction. Option 1 directly states the Stamp Act's requirement for colonists to pay a tax on printed paper, which is a key aspect. Option 2 shows newspapers' new commitment to American - made paper as a response to the situation related to the Stamp Act and British policies, further highlighting colonists' actions in reaction to British control over paper - related matters.

Answer:

1. "This required all American colonists to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper, including shipping documents, legal documents, books, pamphlets, newspapers, broadsides, and even playing cards." (Paragraph 2)
2. "newspapers themselves became committed, for the first time, to printing on American - made paper" (Paragraph 5)