Adam's presidency (4 mar 1797 año – 4 mar 1801 año)

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Alien and Sedition Acts
- Cause: Federalists believed Democratic-Republicans criticism of Federalist policies was disloyal and feared that aliens living in the U.S. would sympathize with the French during a war.

- Effect: raised residency requirements for citizenship from 5 to 14 years, authorized the president to deport aliens and permitted their arrest, imprisonment, and deportation during wartime

Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
- Cause: argued against Aliens and Sedition Act as it violated 1st Amendment of the Constitution

- Effect: crisis over Aliens and Sedition Act faded as Federalists lost majority in Congress and new Democratic-Republican majority allowed acts to expire or repealed them. The supreme court asserted power whether federal law is constitutional

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