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

question 8

Multiple Choice

The first American newspaper, published in Massachusetts in 1690, shut down after 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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Social Skills

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Autonomous Morality

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Heteronomous Morality

A stage in moral development where one's understanding of rules and justice is based on external authority figures, such as parents or the law, rather than personal moral principles.

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