Which of the following best expresses why newspapers took quite some time to become popular in the american colonies?
a) the english governors banned all books and newspapers in an attempt to keep the colonists from saying anything unfavorable about them.
b) censorship by the english governors was common. this meant that the info in newspapers was very limited and colonists got most of their news from gossip.
c) they did not. newspapers actually became incredibly popular in 1690 with the printing of the first newspaper.
d)colonists most often got their news this way due to the english governors restricting their freedom to gather in public.

choice 2 i like that prompt better.

the purpose of the heading in the passage is to identify who is telling the story.

this excerpt is part of the book sugar changed the world (2010) written by marc aronson and marina budhos. as the book has been written by two people, the heading "marc" indicates that this specific excerpt is being narrated by aronson. in the fragment, marc describes his grandfather's story after hearing it from his cousin. however, there are other excerpts where budhos is the one that tells the story of her family.

aronson and budhos, who are husband and wife in real life, decided to write sugar changed the world when they found out how sugar, which had an important role in slavery and economy, changed their ancestors' lives.