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www.Apushreview.com. APUSH Review: The Alien and Sedition Acts. Everything you need to know to succeed in apush. Background: Jay’s and Pinckney’s Treaties. Jay’s Treaty (1794): Treaty with Great Britain Britain promises to leave posts (forts), pay damages for seized ships (impressment)

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  2. APUSH Review: The Alien and Sedition Acts Everything you need to know to succeed in apush

  3. Background: Jay’s and Pinckney’s Treaties • Jay’s Treaty (1794): • Treaty with Great Britain • Britain promises to leave posts (forts), pay damages for seized ships (impressment) • South not happy that North gets compensated • Pinckney’s Treaty (1795): • Treaty with Spain • US could navigate the Mississippi River • Right of Deposit in New Orleans • Fixed Florida boundary

  4. The XYZ Affair and Quasi War • XYZ: • 3 US commissioners go to France • 3 French agents, XYZ demand a bribe • US prepares for war • Quasi War: • Undeclared war between US and France • US captured many French ships • Quasi War ends with Napoleon’s reign

  5. The Alien and Sedition Acts Criticize me and you will be punished! • Purpose? • Federalists wanted to silence their opponents • Many Democratic Republicans supported the French • Alien Act: • Made it more difficult for foreigners to become US citizens (5 to 14 year waiting requirement) • Sedition Act: • Made it illegal to criticize the government (President Adams) • Both laws were set to expire in two years • At this point, the Supreme Court had not established judicial review

  6. The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions I also encouraged states to nullify a federal law when I was Vice-President. • Nullification: • Theory that the states can nullify (void) federal laws • VA and KY Resolutions • KY (written anonymously by Jefferson – VP) • VA (written by Madison) • “Compact theory” • Since the states joined the union, they could decide if the federal government overstepped its boundaries • Impact of Resolutions? • More symbolic than anything • Later used by the South in the 1830s and 1860s

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