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From whom did George Washington want to gain independence?
The American colonists, whose army was led by George Washington, wanted to gain their freedom from Great Britain.
Who is a black conductor who was once a slave?
Sounds like Dred Scott, the slave whose appeal for freedom controversially reached the Supreme Court. When he was eventually freed, he worked on the trains.
Who was John peter zeger?
I think you mean John Peter Zenger. He was a newspaper publisher whose case helped establish freedom of the press in colonial America. See Wikipedia at the link below.
How was the language of freedom used to justify expansion?
If you mean the Westward expansion of the USA, it was the 'manifest destiny' argument - that nothing but good could come of new territories being governed according to these enlightened principles. If you mean expansion of the Southern slave-empire, this meant freedom in the form of States' Rights (free to over-rule Federal Law), and belief in the Constitution as originally interpreted, with slaves classified as property, whose ownership was sacred.
Whose trial helped establish freedom of the press?
john peter zenger... i just looked it up in my history book so 99.9% sure that's the right answer... :)
