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Alien and Sedition Acts
The primary Republican criticism of the Alien and Sedition Acts was that they gave the national government too much power. The acts were passed in 1798.
The Alien and Sedition Acts were 4 different pieces of legislation that were enacted in 1798, the acts deal with the requirements for citizenship in the United States. President James Madison passed the first portion, the Naturalization Act .
The Federalist majority in the Congress quickly passed four laws in 1798 to make United States more secure from alien spies and domestic traitors.
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The Alien and Sedition Acts were four bills passed by the Federalist-dominated 5th United States Congress and signed into law by President John Adams in 1798.
John Adams signed the Alien and Sedition Acts into law in 1798. He signed The Naturalization Act (passed on June 18), The Alien Act (passed on June 24), The Alien Enemies Act (passed on July 6) and The Sedition Act (passed on June 14).
The Federalists responded with the strict laws to protect the nation's security. In 1798 they passed a group of measures known as the Alien and Sedition Acts.
Alien and Sedition Acts
The Alien and Sedition acts that were passed in 1798 and led to the Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions.
There was no single author of the Alien and Sedition Act. It was written by the former political party, The Federalists.
The primary Republican criticism of the Alien and Sedition Acts was that they gave the national government too much power. The acts were passed in 1798.
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Passed by Federalists in 1798 in the newly formed United States of America.