THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
GEORGE WASHINGTONS LEADERSHIP AT TRENTON SARATOGA VALLEY FORGE
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citizens would be deported if they did not have a job.
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citizens would be jailed for voting for the Republican Party.
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citizens could be fined or jailed for criticizing the government or its officials.
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new immigrants were forced to take a test before they were able to become citizens in hopes that Federalist propoganda could encourage them to support the Federalist Party instead of the Republican Party.
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Detailed explanation-1: –The Sedition Act authorized the government to arrest or jail anyone observed protesting or criticizing British authority without a fair trial in court. This was an example of the British abusing their power by allowing them to arrest people without cause if they were suspected of inciting a rebellion.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Sedition Act imposed “a fine of not more than $10, 000 or imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both” on anyone who dared “utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States.” Socialist Eugene V.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1961, the Punjab High Court held that sedition violated the freedom of speech guaranteed in Article 19, and declared it unconstitutional. Allahabad High Court proceeded to do the same, and the matter moved to the Supreme Court.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which statement is true about the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798? They were an attempt by Republicans to silence their critics. The Sedition Act empowered the federal government to prosecute any public assembly or publication that criticized the government, without allowing for trials by jury for those prosecuted.