Base your answer to question 4 on the passage
below and on your knowledge of social studies.
…the jury withdrew, and in a small time
returned, and being asked by the clerk, whether
they were agreed of their verdict, and whether
john peter zenger was guilty of printing and
publishing the libels in the information
mentioned? they answered by thomas hunt,
their foreman, not guilty. upon which there
were three huzzas [cheers] in the hall which was
crowded with people, and the next day i was
discharged from my imprisonment.
— john peter zenger, 1734
the court case discussed in this passage was
important in the development of colonial
america because it establish the principle
of
(1) freedom of the press
(2) double jeopardy
(3) freedom of assembly
(4) judicial independence