Question

Which early colonial trial is most associated with the First Amendment’s

idea of freedom of the press?

(A) The trial of John Peter Zenger

(B) The trial of Anne Hutchinson

(C) The Salem Witch Trials

(D) The Boston Massacre trial

(E) James Otis’s challenge of writs of assistance

Answer 1

It would be "(A) The trial of John Peter Zenger" that is most associated with the First Amendment’s idea of freedom of the press, since Zenger was a printer and journalist who was accused (and later acquitted) or writing slanderous attacks against the colonial government.