D) They were aimed at people who were criticizing President Adams' foreign policy.
Adams was criticized for his neutrality in conflicts between Britain and France as well as how he handled the XYZ Affair. The Alien and Sedition Acts were meant to protect the reputation of the federal government and prevent people with extreme views from entering the country.
The Sedition Act allowed for punishment for those that spoke out against the government. Federalists like John Adams believed negative speech about the government showed weakness of the new government to the world. He believed that the US needed to show support of the government. The Alien Act was put into place to limit the rights of new immigrants entering into the US. Adams was fearful that immigrants would introduce extreme ideas coming out of the French Revolution. The Alien and Sedition Acts were met with fierce resistance and criticism. The critics led by Thomas Jefferson would form the Democratic-Republican Party to counter a growing Federalist power.
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Women and children were given some rights. It encouraged people to accuse others of crimes. It was the first code of law ever established in history. Punishment for crimes was the same for all social classes.
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- The British troops acknowledged George Washington as the leader of the revolutionaries.
- The British troops will attack the revolutionaries at night. (I'm thinking this because if they attack at night then saying they wouldn't be there the next morning would probably mean they killed them. Or would try to.)
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a person who searches for mineral deposits, especially by drilling and excavation.
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I think D
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they wanted everyone to work together in the end creating the constituiton
