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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783

GEORGE WASHINGTONS LEADERSHIP AT TRENTON SARATOGA VALLEY FORGE

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This resolution was introduced in 1798 and 1799 in response to the Alien and Sedtion Acts, stating that each state had the right to decide for itself whether a federal law was constitutional. If a state felt a law was unconstitutional, it could nullify it within its own bordrs.
A
The Kentucky and Virginia Reslolutions
B
The Maryland and Kentucky Resolutions
C
The Virginia and Rhode Island Resolutions
D
The Delaware and New York Resolutions
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 were Democratic-Republican responses to the Alien and Sedition Acts passed earlier that same year by a Federalist-dominated Congress.

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: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Alien Act granted the President unilateral authority to deport non-citizens who were subjects of foreign enemies. The Sedition Act attacked the core of free speech and a free press-the right to criticize the government.

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