  Think/Pair/Share  What does this idea mean?  What are some examples?  Is this ever a bad thing? Freedom of the Press.

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  Think/Pair/Share  What does this idea mean?  What are some examples?  Is this ever a bad thing? Freedom of the Press

  1735 – Zenger publishes statements which criticize the governor  Libel – the publishing of statements that damage a person’s reputation. Peter Zenger

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At a Council held at Fort George in New York, November 2, Present: His Excellency William Cosby, Captain General and Governor in Chief, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Harison, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Kennedy, the Chief Justice [DeLancey], Mr. Cortland, Mr. Lane, Mr. Horsmanden. It is ordered that the sheriff for the City of New York do forthwith take and apprehend John Peter Zenger for printing and publishing several seditious libels dispersed throughout his journals or newspapers, entitled The New York Weekly Journal; as having in them many things tending to raise factions and tumults among the people of this Province, inflaming their minds with contempt of His Majesty’s government, and greatly disturbing the peace thereof. And upon his taking the said John Peter Zenger, to commit him to the prison or common jail of the said city and county.

  Democracy depends on well informed citizens  The press has a responsibility to keep the public informed of the truth  Wikileaks article Effects of the Zenger Case

  Series of laws passed by English Parliament in 1651  Shipments from Europe to English colonies had to go through England first.  Any imports to England from other colonies had to come in ships built and owned by British subjects  The colonies should sell key products, such as tobacco and sugar, only to England. Navigation Acts

  If you were a colonist would you like the Navigation Acts?  Who benefits from these acts?  How do they benefit?  These acts are an example of…. Navigation Acts