The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions were passed. They were written by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson. The two documents stated that States have the right to declare any Federal law they saw as being illegal to be null and void and unenforceable. This was in upholding the idea of State Rights.
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The political party which was in power when the Alien and Sedition Acts were passed was the Federalists.
The Alien and Sedition Acts worked to suppress voters who did not agree with the Federalists. They effectively led to the election of Thomas Jefferson.
The primary Republican criticism of the Alien and Sedition Acts was that they gave the national government too much power. The acts were passed in 1798.
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