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    individuals that tried to share beliefs that did not align with the current administration. It was a clear violation of the 1st Amendment‚ but it worked to gain peoples support by keeping many individuals in opposition quiet. They needed the Espionage and Sedition Acts in place to help promote and support the war. They wanted to win and didn’t care what toll it was taking on the

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    documents were brought up for discussion that deal with certain articles from the Constitution and some acts/laws that the Congress passed to substantiate whether the government has certain powers. By using the U.S. Constitution‚ the Espionage Act‚ the Sedition Act‚ an executive order from President Franklin D. Roosevelt‚ and two federal Supreme

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    the federalists won they would destroy the republic‚ and get rid of liberty that the American people fought for n the American Revolution. Federalists‚ months before the election‚ tried to implement the Alien and sedition Acts which were a series of four laws‚ one of them making sedition and libel of the governed a crime. The acts‚ along with the direct tax of 1798‚ and a military the federalists were building up‚ according to the textbook Liberty‚ equality‚ power‚ were not popular with the people

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    after it had gained its independence. The Federalists were in favor of a strong central government‚ they took actions which demonstrated the authority of the federal government. Actions like John Adams‚ while in office had signed the sedition acts of 1798. The sedition act prohibited anyone from opposing the government. According to document F‚ “That if anyone shall write‚ print‚ utter‚ or

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    Burgos‚ Erneli Camille O. May 14‚ 2013 IA10307 Rizal Timeline of Rizal from year 1892-1896 July 6‚ 1892 | –in Fort Santiago for sedition Rizal is arrested and imprisoned and anti-religion | September 1‚ 1892 | – Rizal starts corresponding with Father Pablo Pastells on matters of philosophy and religion | July 7‚ 1892 | – Despujol orders Rizal’s exile to Dapitan | August 20‚ 1892 | – Rizal writes a poem “A Don Ricardo Carnicero” for his guardian in Dapitan | September 21‚ 1892

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    part of these laws. Question 10 Virginia and Kentucky Resolution One reason the Republicans passed the Virginia and Kentucky Resolution was to fight against the Alien and Sedition Acts. This Resolution stated that people had the right to speak out against unconstitutional doings by the government‚ which the Alien and Sedition Acts prohibited. A second reason for passing the Resolution was to try and strengthen individual states’ rights. This brought up the topic of nullification alot; if a state

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    Chapter 6: A Strong Start for the Nation 1789 to 1815 Study Guide 1. Jay’s Treaty-The existence of the forts and British troops stationed in the Northwest Territory violated the Treaty of Paris. Hoping to avoid war‚ President Washington sent Chief Justice John Jay to Britain in 1794 to negotiate a settlement. John Jay negotiated in which the British agreed to give up their northwestern forts in exchange for the United States paying debts owed to the British. But the British did not stop arming

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    Premiership of Tun Abdul Razak Tun Abdul Razak was to be the man who had to fulfil the need of country for a dynamic new leader with enough personal magnetism to unite its multi-racial population after the resignation of Tun Abdul Rahman. Because among the leaders of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)‚ Tun Abdul Rahman was probably the one person who had enjoyed the trust and confidence of all races in the country. He was the leader of the struggle for independence. Tun Abdul Rahman

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    Government can be a complicated system to understand‚ but one thing I have come to notice is it either you are for something or you are against something. One that is known to many is either the Federalist or the Anti-Federalist. To be considered a Federalist‚ they want a strong national government and were all for the approval of the Constitution to aid the debt and tensions. To be consider an Anti- Federalist‚ they were people who opposed a strong federal government and were for the Article of

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    quite where the government would draw the line. In 1798 the government put into practice the policy of implied powers with the Sedition Act. "That if any person shall write‚ print‚ utter... scandalous writing against the government of the United States... then by such a person‚ being therefore convicted... shall be punished by a fine...and imprisonment..." (G). The Sedition Act restricted the people and it showed that the policy of implied powers of the government could be taken too

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