Explain the Alien and Sedition Acts, why they were passed, and the results.

The Alien and Sedition Acts consist of the following four bill: 1. The Naturalization Act, 2. The Alien Friends Act, 3. The Alien Enemies Act, 4. The Sedition Act. The Naturalization Act increased therequirement for US residency or citizenship from 5 to 14 years. The Alien Friends Act permitted the President to send to prison or deport aliens assumed “dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States” at any time. Moreover, the Alien Enemies Act sanctioned the President to do the same to any male citizen of a hostile nation, above the age of 14, during times of war. Last of all, the Sedition Act restricted speech which criticized the federal government.

Why were the Alien and Sedition Acts passed? What was the purpose of Alien and Sedition Acts?

To comment on why they were passed, many state that the purpose behind the passing of the four bills was to strengthen national security by deploying ‘aliens’ away from the US. However, some critics have been arguing that the bills were mainly a way to suppress electors who disagreed with the Federalist party , mainly the Democratic-Republicans . Simultaneously, most French people who were in the US were supporting the Democratic-Republics, the political rivals of the Federalists. Naturally, the acts were extensively censored by the Democratic-Republicans that move paved the way for their winning of the election in 1800 and Thomas Jefferson became the US President.

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Explain the Alien and Sedition Acts, why they were passed, and the results.

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