MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS FROM ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS TO XYZ AFFAIR
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Argued for a separation of Church and state
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Argued for a stricter interpretation of the Constitution and the ability of states to ignore a federal law that was tyrannical
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Argued for a peace treaty with France to end the continuing hostilities
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Argued for a higher tariff on goods shipped to America from Europe
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Detailed explanation-1: -The resolutions argued that the states had the right and the duty to declare unconstitutional those acts of Congress that the Constitution did not authorize. In doing so, they argued for states’ rights and strict construction of the Constitution.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The main argument of the paper is the idea that secession could be used as a legitimate response for a state or states to unfavorable federal laws and policies was planted with the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions and continued to develop during the Hartford Convention and South Carolina Nullification Crisis.
Detailed explanation-4: -What two principles did the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions help to establish? They stated that Alien and Sedition acts were unconstitutional. They declared that states had the rights to declare laws passed by congress to be unconstitutional.