MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS FROM ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS TO XYZ AFFAIR
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Kentucky and Virginia resolutions
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Great Compromise
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3/5 Compromise
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Hamilton’s Financial Plan
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Detailed explanation-1: -On these bases, Virginia’s resolution, penned by Madison, declared that the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional and that measures should be taken by all states to retain their reserved powers.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions were political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799 in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that the federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions were primarily protests against the limitations on civil liberties contained in the Alien and Sedition Acts rather than expressions of full-blown constitutional theory.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions were state responses to the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798. They nullified the Alien and Sedition Acts and claimed the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional.
Detailed explanation-5: -By 1802, all of the Alien and Sedition Acts had been repealed or expired, save for the Alien Enemies Act, which has stayed on the books to this day. In 1918, Congress amended that act to include women.