A Brief History of the United States

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The Alien Acts were (1) a law requiring aliens, or foreigners, to live inour country fourteen years before they could be naturalized and becomecitizens; (2) a law giving the President power, for the next two years, tosend out of the country any alien he thought to be dangerous to the peaceof the United States; and (3) the Alien Enemies Act for the expulsion, intime of war, of the subjects of the hostile government.
The Sedition Act provided for the punishment of persons who acted, spoke, or wro
...te in a seditious manner, that is, opposed the execution of any lawof the United States, or wrote, printed, or uttered anything with intentto defame the government of the United States or any of its officials.
Adams did not use the power given him by the second Alien Act; but theSedition Act was rigorously enforced with fines and imprisonment. Suchinterference with the liberty of the press cost Adams much of hispopularity.
THE VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY RESOLUTIONS. --The Republicans were greatlyexcited by the Alien and Sedition Acts, and at the suggestion of Jeffersonresolutions condemning them as unconstitutional [19] and hence "utterlyvoid and of no force" were passed by the legislatures of Kentucky andVirginia.


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