The nations debt was the most important cause, but another one would be the clergy to pay taxes.
The First Amendment protects the right of individuals and groups to petition the US government. People with particular economic or social concerns often form interest groups to influence lawmakers to act on their behalf. Powerful and influential groups called political action committees have also arisen to finance political campaigns, mostly on a national level.
The answers are: 1. Presidential elections, 2. extradition of a criminal back to a state for trial, and 5. making laws.
It was the trial of John Peter Zegner that represented an important step toward developing a free press in the colonies, since this case ruled in favor of Zegner, who had spoken ill against the governor.
There was not a lot of rule or law.