Read the passage. There are several questions about this passage. European papermaking came to the American colonies in the late seventeenth paper made today is produced from wood pulp.paper in colonia I 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 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 This question has two parts. Answer Part A and then answer Part B. Part A What does the passage indicate was another colonial response to the Townshend Act, in addition to the boycott of British goods? 1. The colonists began looking for new ways to make paper. 2. The colonists immediately began preparing for the coming war. 3. The colonists refused to allow the British to collect taxes in port cities. 4. The colonists opened factories to make goods that previously were imported. Part B Which excerpt from the passage best supports the correct answer from Part A?

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Read the passage. There are several questions about this passage. European papermaking came to the American colonies in the late seventeenth paper made today is produced from wood pulp.paper in colonia I 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 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 This question has two parts. Answer Part A and then answer Part B. Part A What does the passage indicate was another colonial response to the Townshend Act, in addition to the boycott of British goods? 1. The colonists began looking for new ways to make paper. 2. The colonists immediately began preparing for the coming war. 3. The colonists refused to allow the British to collect taxes in port cities. 4. The colonists opened factories to make goods that previously were imported. Part B Which excerpt from the passage best supports the correct answer from Part A?

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Part A: 4. The colonists opened factories to make goods that previously were imported.Part B: "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."

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