SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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Question
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The Zenger-Cosby trial in Colonial New York had the following effect:
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freedom of the press
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freedom of religion
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freedom of assembly
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freedom of speech
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The U.S. Supreme Court cited the Zenger case in its landmark 1964 free-press decision of New York Times v. Sullivan. The court said that the Zenger case showed that Americans valued the right to complain about the government and their leaders.
Detailed explanation-2: -John Peter Zenger, (born 1697, Germany-died July 28, 1746, New York City), New York printer and journalist whose famous acquittal in a libel suit (1735) established the first important victory for freedom of the press in the English colonies of North America.
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