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On the Power of State and Federal Government
| - | Virginia Resolutions of 1798 to nullify the Alien and Sedition Acts |
| - | Counter-Resolution of Massachusetts, 1799 |
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Virginia Resolution
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Virginia Resolutions:
https://www.constitution.org/rf/vr_1798.htm
Counter-Resolution of Massachusetts (and of six other states):
https://www.constitution.org/rf/vr_04.htm
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Printing
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- Length: 5 pages.
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Supplemental
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Brief background of the Alien & Sedition Acts, from OurDocuments.gov
Extended history of the Acts, from About.com and American History magazine
The Kentucky Resolutions against the Alien and Sedition Acts, from The Constitution Society
Protest song against the Sedition Act, from the University of Chicago
Trial for violation of the Sedition Act, from the National Archives (Teaching with Documents)
Online gallery: "The New Republican Newspapers of the Sedition Act Era," from Prof. Jeffrey Pasley, Dept. of History, University of Missouri
John Adams's life and presidency, from The American President (PBS/WNET)
John Adams on party divisions in America, with cartoon, from The American Presidential Election (Britannica)
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