MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS FROM ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS TO XYZ AFFAIR
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Tea Act
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Alien Act
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Sedition Act
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Sister Act
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Detailed explanation-1: -As a result, a Federalist-controlled Congress passed four laws, known collectively as the Alien and Sedition Acts. These laws raised the residency requirements for citizenship from 5 to 14 years, authorized the president to deport “aliens, ” and permitted their arrest, imprisonment, and deportation during wartime.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which statement is true about the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798? They were an attempt by Republicans to silence their critics. The Sedition Act empowered the federal government to prosecute any public assembly or publication that criticized the government, without allowing for trials by jury for those prosecuted.
Detailed explanation-3: -Alien and Sedition Acts, (1798), four internal security laws passed by the U.S. Congress, restricting aliens and curtailing the excesses of an unrestrained press, in anticipation of an expected war with France.