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    Jefferson, Vice President of the United States of America have come to you to bring an important matter to your attention. The United States Congress and executive branch has infringed on our rights as citizens by enacting the Alien and Sedition Acts. As many of you know, the Alien Act states that any male over the age of 14 from our “enemy countries” or deemed as “dangerous” is at risk of detainment and arrest as they are apparently threats and danger to us. As many of you also know, we are potentially

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    Adams’ administration attempted to boost the country with a new policy to resolve its issues with France. This policy included the Alien and Sedition acts. However, the policy seemed to benefit the Federalists instead. The Alien and Sedition Acts was passed in order to protect themselves because Adams resisted the popular sentiment for war during the XYZ affair when it was necessary. American citizens only became infuriated with the acts. They claimed that the acts had violated their rights listed

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    Alien Act Dbq Analysis

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    The Alien Act was created by the Federalists, which gave fewer rights to certain individuals, specifically immigrants, and as a result, a backlash arose creating certain laws to improve people’s right forwarding the notion that “All men are created equal.” In American political history, two laws were passed in 1798. The two laws that were passed were the Naturalization Act (repealed in 1802), and the Aliens Enemy Act which expired in 1801. During this time, America was experiencing diplomatic issues

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    In 1798, President John Adams passed the Alien and Sedition Acts containing three parts: the Alien Act, the Sedition Act, and the Naturalization Act. The Alien Act allowed the President to deport any immigrant he found dangerous to the nation, the Sedition Act made it a crime to criticize the government, and the Naturalization Act lengthened the citizenship process. All of these acts were repealed by 1802 due to all of their negative impacts. The Alien and Sedition Acts adversely impacted the nation

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    Signed into law by President John Adams in 1798, the Alien and Sedition Acts consisted of four laws passed by the Federalist-controlled Congress as America prepared for war with France. These acts increased the residency requirement for American citizenship from five to fourteen years, authorized the president to imprison or deport aliens considered "dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States" and restricted speech critical of the government. These laws were designed to silence and weaken

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    The Alien and Sedition Acts was created in 1798 by the federalist, and it was signed into law by president John Adams. The Alien and Sedition Acts had two sides the federalist, and the Democratic Republican Party, which was lead by me. The Sedition Acts was opposed by me as well as the rest of the Democratic Republican Party because we believed that the government has granted the President enormous powers showing that the government had become a tyranny which desired to govern with a rod of iron

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    The Alien and Sedition Acts were two of four laws passed by John Adams and the Federalist legislature in response to the diplomatic disagreement between the French revolutionary government and the American diplomats. Adams penned the Alien Act in order to permit the president to deport any “alien” deemed dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States. The Sedition Act made it possible to punish any person who commits treason towards the United States government. Although during the time America

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    Resolutions of 1798, there are 9 issues that ended up being resolved. In the 8th resolve, the, “Alien and Sedition acts have been brought up. The Alien and Sedition acts are four bills in the U.S passed by the Federalist during a time when they had a navel war with France, also that will be later known as the, Quasi-War. It was then later signed by, President John Adams in the year, 1798. The reason behind the, Alien and Sedition acts were to try and strengthen our national security. With a few people that

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    Does the president have the powers to pass such laws as the Alien and Sedition Acts ? The Alien and Sedition Acts are laws that included powers to expel foreigners as well as making it harder for new immigrants to vote. Previously, a new immigrant would have to have lived in the United States for five years before becoming eligible to vote, but a new law raised this to 14 years. Both acts were signed into law by President John Adams. In this case, I believe that the majority of people would agree

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    Alien and Sedition Act Changes the World The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 created controversies and a bitter feeling towards the government. The Sedition Act limited freedom of speech and impeded on the freedoms of American around the U.S. The Alien Act put into effect that those who are immigrants can be exported as the president sees fit and will require a 14 year residency period before they are considered a citizen. The Acts changed the U.S. and impacted many freedoms that U.S. citizens enjoy

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