The answer is:
As sugar became increasingly available to the English, they wanted to acquire even more of it.
In the passage from "Sugar Changed the World," the authors make reference to the English growing desire for sugar. For example, King Henry III first asked for three pounds of sugar in 1226, then he requested four more pounds of it to a mayor, and finally obtained three hundred pounds in 1243. Later, after Venice enlarged sugar trade, the English could purchase thousands of pounds of sugar every year.
Answer: Fact
Explanation: Pierre is telling Marie that a shipment has arrived.
I would say false because explanatory writing is used as an explanation for the topic you are writing about.
Freewriting is a tool used to generate a topic or overcome a writers block.