The Alien & Sedition Acts
Prompt: Why was passage of the Alien & Sedition Acts in 1798 an egregious error in judgment by President Adams and the Federalist majority in Congress?
In your writing, be sure to:
explain what the Acts stipulated.
provide context. What had been happening that motivated Federalists to take the action they took? Discuss:
political parties
foreign affairs
identify both ethical and practical (politicial) problems associated with passage of the Acts.
identify long-term historic conflicts that are rooted in passage of the Acts.
use the following words, phrases, and names:
XYZ Affair
Foreign Minister Talleyrand
sedition
alien
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
sectionalism
federalism
nullification
Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions
Tariff of Abominations
Secession
Tariff of abomination
War between france and britain might seem like it had nothing to do with america, but really it did it led washington to policy of new reality, xyz trail
inlcude alien and submisison acts rooted between the war from France and britains which was realized in the early 1790s.