The Zenger Trial By Niyathi R Adam S Jake S Nicholas S.

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The Zenger Trial By Niyathi R Adam S Jake S Nicholas S

Preceding Event The trial resulted in freedom of the press, since he was giving his opinion on the king and then was sent to jail for it.

The Main Events A man named John Peter Zenger was born in Germany. He moved to America and he worked as an apprentice for a printer. After his 8 years for working as an apprentice he moved onto an official printer. He grew up and then married but his wife sadly die In his paper, Zenger often ridiculed the governor, William S. Cosby, and simply expressed his personal opinion Unfortunately, he was accused of libel, and he was put on trial. the trial became a heated courtroom war, until Andrew Hamilton, a famous lawyer, stepped out from the crowd to aid Zenger. he won the trial and zenger got out of jail

Effects There was a law made so that everyone had the Freedom of the press and speech

People Peter Zenger Andrew Hamilton Bill Cosby

Places Philadelphia, since that was where Andrew Hamilton was from Germany since that was where John Peter Zenger was from, than he moved to America

Core Democratic Values Life because John peter Zenger protected his life from the king and jail Liberty because he had his own opinions and thoughts on the things the king did Justice because he was not treated fairly because the king didn't let him write his articles Common good because the law was not fair for John Peter Zenger because the king would not let him write his articles

Questions Why did Andrew Hamilton help Zenger? What did Zenger do after he got out of Jail?

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