The First American Newspaper, Published in Massachusetts in 1690, Shut

question 14

Multiple Choice

The first American newspaper, published in Massachusetts in 1690, shut down after just one issue because

• A) the colonial government placed a ban on all secular publications.
• B) the public had no interest in reading about the news.
• C) the colonial government passed a law requiring printers to obtain a license prior to publishing a newspaper.
• D) the public was scandalized by the newspaper's salacious reports.
• E) literacy rates in colonial New England were too low to sustain a regularly-published newspaper.

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