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Alien Friends Act of 1798. The Alien and Sedition Acts were a set of four laws enacted in 1798 that applied restrictions to immigration and speech in the United States. [a] The Naturalization Act of 1798 increased the requirements to seek citizenship, the Alien Friends Act of 1798 allowed the president to imprison and deport non-citizens, the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 gave the president ...
Rather than purporting to nullify the Alien and Sedition Acts, the 1798 Resolutions called on the other states to join Kentucky "in declaring these acts void and of no force" and "in requesting their repeal at the next session of Congress". The Kentucky Resolutions of 1799 were written to respond to the states who had rejected the 1798 Resolutions.
An act for rectifying mistakes in the names of several of the commissioners appointed by an act, made in the last session of parliament, [d] to put in execution an act, made in the same session, intituled, "An act for granting an aid to his Majesty by a land tax to be raised in Great Britain for the service of the year 1797;" [e] and for ...
An Act supplementary to and to amend the act, intituled “An act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization ; and to repeal the act heretofore passed on that subject.” Enacted by: the 5th United States Congress: Effective: June 18, 1798: Citations; Public law: Pub. L. 5–54: Statutes at Large: 1 Stat. 566, chap. 54: Codification; Acts ...
July 9 – Quasi-War: The Act Further to Protect the Commerce of the United States is approved by Congress, authorizing the President to use military force against France. July 11 – The United States Marine Corps is established by Congress (the Marine Corps had existed prior, see history of the United States Marine Corps ).
The Alien and Sedition Acts were four laws were passed by the Fifth U.S. Congress under President John Adams in 1798 during the undeclared Quasi War with France, [s] with the claim that they were directed at the French and their sympathizers in the United States. Much of the impetus for passage of the Acts, however, was largely the result of ...
July 9, 1798: Act Further to Protect the Commerce of the United States, Sess. 2, ch. 68, 1 Stat. 578 July 11, 1798: The United States Marine Corps was established, Sess. 2, ch. 72, 1 Stat. 594 July 14, 1798: Alien and Sedition Acts : ("An Act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States") (Sedition Act), Sess. 2, ch. 74, 1 ...
On April 9, 1798, the bill was amended, engrossed and read the third time and on April 12, 1798, the bill was passed and sent to the Senate for concurrence. [6] [7] The bill was received in the Senate on April 12, 1798, and read the first time. [8] The bill received its second reading the following day and was referred to committee. [9]