Question

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 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

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?

1. \in 1767, the british chancellor of the exchequer, charles townshend, promoted a piece of legislation that placed added taxes on various british goods that the americans imported, including glass, lead, painters pigments, tea—and paper. townshends

Explanation:

Part A

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Option 1: The passage's focus on paper - making in colonial days is about historical context of paper, not a response to Townshend Act. Eliminate.
• Option 2: The passage doesn't mention colonists preparing for war as a response to Townshend Act. Eliminate.
• Option 3: The passage doesn't talk about colonists refusing to let British collect taxes in port cities as a response to Townshend Act. Eliminate.
• Option 4: The Townshend Act taxed imported British goods. So colonists opening factories to make previously imported goods is a logical response (to avoid the tax). This matches the context of colonial responses to British taxation (like earlier acts led to local production attempts).

The correct answer in Part A is that colonists opened factories to make previously imported goods (to avoid Townshend Act taxes on imports). The excerpt in option 1 of Part B talks about Townshend Act placing taxes on imported British goods. This shows the reason (tax on imports) why colonists would open factories to make those goods locally, thus supporting the answer in Part A.

Answer:

1. The colonists opened factories to make goods that previously were imported.

Part B

(Note: Since the full passage for Part B is not shown, but assuming the correct answer for Part A is option 4, we need to find the excerpt that supports colonists making their own goods instead of importing. If we assume the relevant excerpt is about Townshend Act taxing imported goods and colonists' response to make their own, but with the given partial excerpt, we can infer that the excerpt about Townshend Act taxing imported goods (like the one starting with "In 1767, the British Chancellor...") would support that colonists opened factories to make imported goods (since the tax on imports would drive them to produce locally). But since the full options for Part B's excerpts are not fully visible, based on the partial info, the most probable excerpt to support option 4 in Part A would be the one about Townshend Act taxing imported goods (option 1 in Part B's options as per the partial text).)