Outrage over the taxation of paper

still finding it hard to understand. Let me explain where I am getting lost..

the taxation of paper used by early revolutionaries

I understand 'the taxation of paper' ==>tax on paper products.
I understand 'the key raw material' ==> raw material used to make paper.
I understand 'used by early revolutionaries'==> raw material used by early paper producers.

Now, I don't get the connection.

Outrage over the taxation of paper the key raw material used by early revolutionaries to disseminate propagandist documents


Can you explain in simple words . This looks a pretty tough sentence to me.
Thanks for your time

ah, i see

okay, taxing paper made it expensive, which made it harder for the revolutionaries to be able to afford to print material and get it out to the public

paper too expensive -> not able to print documents

Revolutionaries printed their messages on paper, and distributed those pamphlets.

By taxing the paper the pamphlets were printed on, the authorities attempted to make it more expensive/more difficult for the revolutionaries to get their message out.


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Paper was the key raw material for the documents used to spread the revolutionaries messages.

thanks for the comments.

but see they have used 'Outraged' ....who is outraged here ? is not outraged means becoming angry ?

And also , I think there should have been proper punctuation for the clarity

Outrage is spreading throughout the colonies.

The outrage is over the taxation of paper.

Paper is the key raw material used to disseminate propagandist documents by early revolutionaries.

Officials fear violence will result from the outrage.

Outrage means anger (and it is a strong word).

Let's break down the points.

1) The revolutionaries used paper to print propaganda.
2) They put a tax on this paper.
3) Outrage about this tax is spreading through the colonies (i.e. people in the colonies got very angry).
4) The officials fear violence.

I agree that it could use punctuation-- maybe one more comma would do the trick. Or, is this a place for a semicolon (an real grammar experts here)?

Outrage over the taxation of paper; the key raw material used by early revolutionaries to disseminate propagandist documents, is spreading throughout the colonies

The colonists were the outraged/angry people.

What Beth said above me. Outrage referring to the colonist. I think there might be some pretext prior to this sentence that would allow you to figure out that outrage is in reference to the colonist.

Some revolutionaries, eh?

"We're going to stop printing political pamphlets as a form of protest to protest your taxes meant to stop us from printing political pamphlets denouncing your burdensome taxation upon us."