Why did student activism receive so much media attention?

because they were vocal
because they challenged the silent majority
because they were willing to question authority in an attention-getting manner
because their protests often ended in violence and disorder
all of the above
none of the above

the italian poet francesco petrarch did! (:

the passage can be best described as: "the british legislature extended an unwarranted jurisdiction".

we can say that because the text clearly states how the people of the colonies warned the british about their excessive desire to rule over them, without taking into consideration the difficulties their brothers had experienced in america: they struggled to establish the colonies, to adapt to new types of weather, fight with the natives, etc., and how they now see (or then saw) the only way out was to cut all ties with the british, since they ignored the people's petitions.