Some newsletters (1) (to begin) during the Renaissance in Europe. Merchants (2) (to spread) handwritten documents that (3) (to de scribe) the latest wars, economic news, and human-interest stories. After Gutenberg (4) (to invent) the printing press in the fifteenth century, printed newsletters (5) (to appear) in the late 1400s. Many "newssheets in the 16th century even (6) ... (to have) illustrations. Despite their popularity in Europe, newspapers (7) (to have) a rocky start in colonial America. A newspaper (8) (to call) The Public Occu rences (9) (to print) in Boston in 1690. Perhaps it (10) (to docu- ment) things too publicly. The publisher (11) (to arrest) by the authori- ties and all copies of the newspaper (12) (to destroy). Remember, this (13) (to (to be) before the Bill of Rights* (14) (to make) freedom of the press a basic right in America. Work in nairs Ilse the nromnts to make sentences. Then act out the conversation