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Date Posted: 15:30:01 09/26/02 Thu
Author: Jordan:)
Subject: Ch6-Repression and Protest

I.Repression and Protest
A.Alien and Sedition Acts
i.Alien Act
a.placed new obstacles for foreigners wanting to come to America
b.stregnthened the president’s hand in dealing with aliens
c.resident Adams never deported any aliens, but the Alien act still discouraged foreigners from coming to America, and even encouraged them to leave.
ii.Sedition Act
a.allowed the government to prosecute those who engaged in “sedition” against the government
-in theory only libelous or treasonous activities were subject to prosecution, but since their definitions were so wide, the government could then stifle any opposition
iii.republicans
a.believed the federalists created the laws to try and destroy them
B.Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
i.Republicans pinned their hopes for the reversal of the acts on the individual states(the supreme court was not fully established yet)
ii. with the help of Virginia and Kentucky standing behind the opposition of the acts with Jefferson and Madison, they claimed they had the right to nullify any laws that all the states felt exceed the governments’ range of power
iii.ultimately, the republicans lost, having only Virginia and Kentucky join their cause
C.republicans did manage to escalate the feud between them and the federalists to a level of national crisis
i.in the 1790sthe feud came to a fever pitch when in a house of representatives meeting, Matthew Lyon and Roger Griswold ended up wrestling each other on the floor after a disagreement.

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