Why is the 1st amendment important to american citizens?

The freedoms of speech, press, assembly and the right to petition the government and seek redress of grievances proclaim that citizens have the right to call the government to account.

a punishment or the threat of punishment used to enforce conformity. enforcement of norms or shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations. social control. not everyone internalizes all of society's norms, and some people must be motivated by self-fulfillment.

a. he allowed the people he conquered to keep their customs and religions.

he captured babylon and freed the jewish people to return to judah.