Results for: Sedition
In John Adams

What is the Sedition Act?

The Sedition Act tried to curb republican criticism of government policy. It basically stopped people from speaking disrespectfully against the government. The Sedition Act ma… (MORE)
In John Adams

What is sedition?

an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government
In Definitions

What are some examples of acts of sedition?

It is the crime of advocating an uprising or overthrow against the government or support for an enemy of the nation during time of war, by speeches, publications and organizat… (MORE)
In John Adams

What is alien and sedition?

Alien means someone from a different Country    Sedition means conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch.
In History of the United States

What did the alie and sedition acts state?

It was a series of four laws enacted in 1798 to reduce the political power of recent immigrants to the Unites States. The Naturalization Act (officially An Act to Establish a… (MORE)