Why were freedom of speech and the press such revered liberties to the Founders?
a) The Founders wished to model the new government in the colonies after British government, where freedom of speech and the press were strongly held.
b) The Founders enjoyed great press freedom and free speech as colonists under British rule but saw those freedoms being removed.
c) Under British rule, freedom of speech and the press was nonexistent in the colonies and criticizing the British king was considered a crime.
d) All other countries had freedom of speech and the press, so the Founders wanted to model those other governments.