Question

To what extent were the Alien and Sedition Acts a violation of the democratic principals of the American Revolution?

Answer 1

John Adams imposed these laws first and foremost to prevent and hostile foreign immigrants from taking the proud nation of America from the inside.  Second the laws denied anyone, individual or newspaper from saying Libel or printing slander.  Any words spoken against the government were punishable. This clearly denies the basic freedoms granted in the first amendment