All of the following illustrated that freedom of speech and freedom of press were considered by British colonists in North America to be basic to their rights as residents of British colonies EXCEPT
A) the acquittal of John Peter Zenger for seditious libel by a New York jury.
B) the repeal of the seditious libel laws.
C) the inclusion of articles in many North American newspapers of critiques of royal governors and colonial governments.
D) republishing articles from the English press in many North American newspapers demanding freedom and "the rights of Englishmen."
Answer: B
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