https://padlet.com/20pettgr/30x0meriddh0 en-us 2018-05-22 01:16:11 UTC 2018-05-22 14:52:22 UTC hello@padlet.com 20pettgr https://padlet.com/20pettgr/30x0meriddh0/wish/262540944 John Adams- Passed the alien and sedition acts to silence his opponents and opponents of the federalists.
Federalists- there were not many more specific people involved in these acts other than John Adams, the sedition acts were made in general to "help" the federalists so that they could avoid criticism of the people.]]> 2018-05-22 01:23:26 UTC https://padlet.com/20pettgr/30x0meriddh0/wish/262540944 20pettgr https://padlet.com/20pettgr/30x0meriddh0/wish/262705482 the Alien act made it more difficult for  foreigners to become US citizens, there would be a  5 to 14 year waiting requirement.

]]> 2018-05-22 14:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/20pettgr/30x0meriddh0/wish/262705482 20pettgr https://padlet.com/20pettgr/30x0meriddh0/wish/262706039 made it illegal ti criticize the governemnt]]> 2018-05-22 14:23:43 UTC https://padlet.com/20pettgr/30x0meriddh0/wish/262706039 20pettgr https://padlet.com/20pettgr/30x0meriddh0/wish/262706388 there is no specific location for these acts because they applied to the existing United States.
These acts were passed in 1798 and lasted only four years.]]> 2018-05-22 14:24:34 UTC https://padlet.com/20pettgr/30x0meriddh0/wish/262706388 20pettgr https://padlet.com/20pettgr/30x0meriddh0/wish/262707984 The Alien  acts were passed to make it difficult for foreigners to become citizens.
The sedition acts were passed so that people could not criticize the government and the federalists did not wants bad things to be said about them. 
The sedition acts are important because they were one of the first and only laws restricting people's freedoms and people were  angered  that this was happening and it never happened again in the US. ]]> 2018-05-22 14:28:19 UTC https://padlet.com/20pettgr/30x0meriddh0/wish/262707984