John Peter Zenger's libel trial:
A) resulted from his publication of news stories questioning the intelligence of the king.
B) featured criticism of a colonial governor.
C) set back freedom of the press when it ended in his conviction and imprisonment for printing the truth.
D) showed that the public was not yet ready to accept the idea of freedom of speech.
E) led to the overturning of the Licentiousness Act of 1694.
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