MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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Question
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he founded a newspaper to publish info on the executive branch.
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he released people who had been imprisoned under the Sedition Act
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he signed a bill authorizing special privileges for newspaper editors and reporters.
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he supported the passage of a “freedom of the press” bill in Congress.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the election of 1800, the Federalists were swept from power-never to return-and Jefferson subsequently pardoned those who had been convicted under the law.
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: -Sedition Act trials, along with the Senate’s use of its contempt powers to suppress dissent, set off a firestorm of criticism against the Federalists and contributed to their defeat in the election of 1800, after which the acts were repealed or allowed to expire.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the end, widespread anger over the Alien and Sedition Acts fueled Jefferson’s victory over Adams in the bitterly contested 1800 presidential election, and their passage is widely considered to be one of the biggest mistakes of Adams’ presidency.