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Alien and Sedition Acts were reviled in their time, and John Adams was not sorry to see them go
When John Adams became the second president of the United States in 1797, he inherited from George Washington a new experiment in government and a bit of a mess. The country’s two political parties – ...
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Alien and Sedition Acts were reviled in their time, and John Adams was not sorry to see them go
Marianne Holdzkom, Kennesaw State University (THE CONVERSATION) When John Adams ... even invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 – which Adams signed into law alongside the Sedition Act ...