Federalists supported the acts. Democratic Republicans opposed them.
They bitterly opposed it because they felt it violated their first amendment rights.
Federalists supported the acts. Democratic Republicans opposed them.
The question is has the order of events backward. Alexander Hamilton was a founder of the Federalist Party, which preceded the Democratic-Republicans. Thomas Jefferson lead a group called the Anti-Federalists who opposed ratification of the Constitution and later became the Democratic-Republican Party. The Federalists were first; the Democratic-Republicans were formed to oppose the Federalists.
These acts violated the rights of freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
Federalists supported the acts. Democratic Republicans opposed them.
Federalists supported the acts. Democratic Republicans opposed them.
Federalists supported the acts. Democratic Republicans opposed them.
The Republicans supported the Alien Act and they opposed the Sedition Act. The Federalist liked the Sedition Act because it was supposed to destroy the Republicans.
They curtailed freedom of speech also, when they lengthen the time to become citizens, well most immigrants were farmers. Most people(this is a generalization) who where democratic republicans were farmers. Also, to vote, you needed to be a citizen. So it takes longer for those democratic republican farmers to be able to vote. The democratic republicans felt like this was an attack towards them.
They bitterly opposed it because they felt it violated their first amendment rights.
Federalists supported the acts. Democratic Republicans opposed them.
opposed the plan
The Sedition Act was passed by a Federalist led legislature to curb criticism of the Adams Administration. Though allegedly passed to assure national security, historians agree they were mainly passed to silence the Federalist opposition that was coming from the Democratic Republican party. French immigrants supported the Democratic Republicans. The Act was repealed by the Naturalization Act of 1802.
Democratic-Republicans. The leaders of the party were Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
The Democratic-Republicans opposed the Federalist Party, which they saw as too centralized and favoring special interests over the rights of states and individuals. They also opposed some policies of President George Washington, particularly his administrations' pro-British stance.
The question is has the order of events backward. Alexander Hamilton was a founder of the Federalist Party, which preceded the Democratic-Republicans. Thomas Jefferson lead a group called the Anti-Federalists who opposed ratification of the Constitution and later became the Democratic-Republican Party. The Federalists were first; the Democratic-Republicans were formed to oppose the Federalists.