MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS FROM ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS TO XYZ AFFAIR
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Sedition Act
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Alien Act
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Establishment Act
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Jefferson, Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate. I Certify that this Act did originate in the Senate. APPROVED, June 25, 1798. President of the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -Thomas Jefferson opposed vehemently the Alien and Sedition Laws of 1798 which granted the President enormous powers to restrict the activities of supporters of the French Revolution in the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, (1798), in U.S. history, measures passed by the legislatures of Virginia and Kentucky as a protest against the Federalist Alien and Sedition Acts.
Detailed explanation-4: -Drafted in secret by future Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, the resolutions condemned the Alien and Sedition Acts as unconstitutional and claimed that because these acts overstepped federal authority under the Constitution, they were null and void.