A representative serves 2 years and a senator serves 6 years.
The Republican minority in Congress argued that sedition laws violated
the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which protects freedom of
speech and the press.
the sedition act was intended for those intent on opposing any measure or measures of the government in additional to making it illegal for anyone to express "any false, scandalous and
malicious writing" against Congress or the president.
The Third Estate in France was made up of the commoners. This group comprimised 98 per cent of the population. Most were rural peasants working on farms as share croppers to a lord. There were also urban commoners who lived in the cities whose life was little better. The third estate was not represented by the government. High taxes and other required payments, lack of housing and high rents plus rising food prices all contributed to the French Revolution.
