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

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.