John Peter Zenger Seditious Libel Against Great Britain

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When men ask for their rights and freedoms, it is the right thing to do. JP Zenger stood up to the British governor of New York and asked his rights be protected. Patrick Henry spoke of his discontent with Great Britain. George Washington asked others to fight for all Americans. A few strong personalities serve as trendsetters in the American colonies before the American revolution and motivated the other colonists that they too could stand up against Britain and not die for it.
John Peter Zenger, is known for publishing newspapers with “seditious libel” against Great Britain. In 1773 Zenger published his first newspaper that included Lewis Morris’s disagreement with the Supreme court. Now the reason this was so important is because seditious
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