MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS FROM ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS TO XYZ AFFAIR
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Sedition
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Alien
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Rioting
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Terrorism
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Detailed explanation-1: -se·di·tion si-ˈdi-shən. : the crime of creating a revolt, disturbance, or violence against lawful civil authority with the intent to cause its overthrow or destruction compare criminal syndicalism, sabotage. seditious.-shəs. adjective.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Sedition Act of 1870 was an arbitrary law implemented to curb people’s voices against the British government.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Sedition Act of 1870 was a turning point in the struggle for freedom in India. According to the Sedition Act any person protesting or criticising the British government could be arrested without due trial. Indian nationalists began protesting and criticising this arbitrary use of authority by the British.
Detailed explanation-4: -insubordination, insurrection, mutiny, treason, agitation, defiance, disobedience, dissent, insurgence, insurgency, revolt, revolution, uprising.