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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783

GEORGE WASHINGTONS LEADERSHIP AT TRENTON SARATOGA VALLEY FORGE

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This law was passed by federalists to expel any foreigner thought to be dangerous to the United States. It also changed the number of years of becoming a citizen from 5 years to 14 years due to a large amount of new citizens voting for the Repubican Party. This was done in hopes to keep the Federalist party in power for at least four presidential cycles.
A
The Alien Act
B
The Sedition Act
C
The Exotic Foreigner Act
D
The French Act
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A series of laws known collectively as the Alien and Sedition Acts were passed by the Federalist Congress in 1798 and signed into law by President Adams. These laws included new powers to deport foreigners as well as making it harder for new immigrants to vote.

Detailed explanation-2: -As a result, a Federalist-controlled Congress passed four laws, known collectively as the Alien and Sedition Acts. These laws raised the residency requirements for citizenship from 5 to 14 years, authorized the President to deport aliens and permitted their arrest, imprisonment, and deportation during wartime.

Detailed explanation-3: -Passed in preparation for an anticipated war with France, the Alien and Sedition Acts tightened restrictions on foreign-born Americans and limited speech critical of the government. In 1798, the United States stood on the brink of war with France.

Detailed explanation-4: -Alien and Sedition Acts, (1798), four internal security laws passed by the U.S. Congress, restricting aliens and curtailing the excesses of an unrestrained press, in anticipation of an expected war with France.

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