Answer:
At that time the Alien and Sedition Acts were passed the nation was practically in self-defense mode. Large groups of Europeans were moving to the U.S. to look for a better life. In 1798 which is when the Alien and Sedition Act was passed tensions with France were high and war was a vivid thought. So the government had to protect the nation and French immigrants were not being treated well by nativist or Americans who did not like foreigners and the French also did not support the government. So the law was used to suppress voices of immigrants but also to protect the nation from spies and war. So Congress saw the acts has necessary to prevent a greater evil.
Explanation:
The correct answer is - the heliocentric system.
By using the telescope, Galileo Galilei managed to observe the movements of the Sun, Moon, the planets in the Solar System, and he was mapping their movements on the sky, and also he was comparing their movements to the Earth's position. With this, he managed to notice that insted of the popular belief that the Sun, Moon, and the other planets are moving around the Earth, that it is actually the opposite of it, and that the Sun was the center of our Solar System, and that all the planets and moons were orbiting around it, while the only object that hold its position as it was initially thought was the Moon, because it orbits around our planet. So Galileo contributed to the theory of the heliocentric system.
