The wide availability of reading material in colonial america was the result of select one: a. colonial laws which protected freedom of speech in the printed word. b. high rates of men who attended college. c. the stamp act of 1765. d. the wide availability of printing presses in the colonies. e. high rates of male literacy.

beowulf is considered an epic poem because it describes the actions of a great warrior.

beowulf is taken into account an epos. in this poem, the main character may be a hero who travels nice distances to prove his strength at not possible odds against supernatural demons and beasts. in the poem, beowulf was a young warrior and he leaves his country to hrothgar, as hrothgar was in a great trouble.