was it the Virginia House of Burgesses, Mayflower Compact, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, trial of Peter Zenger, or Maryland Act of Toleration?
The principle of freedom of the press in colonial America was established by the?
From the Yahoo Search of Peter Zenger- Paragraph #1
John Peter Zenger
On August 5, 1735, twelve New York jurors, inspired by the eloquence of the best lawyer of the period, Andrew Hamilton, ignored the instructions of the Governors's hand-picked judges and returned a verdict of "Not Guilty" on the charge of publishing "seditious libels." The Zenger trial is a remarkable story of a divided Colony, the beginnings of a free press, and the stubborn independence of American jurors.
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