Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798
Bitter controversies on a number of issues were revealed due to the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798. There are political explanations of why these Acts were passed which center primarily around the state of foreign relations. Two parties of the day, the Democratic-Republic and the Federalists were initially in support of the constitution that did not require a Bill of Rights, and only conceded in order to aid in the ratification of the Constitution. The Democratic-Republicans, with whom Thomas Jefferson was numbered were heavily fearful of a strong central governme
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Approximate Word count = 384
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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