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  2. Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions - Wikipedia

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    The Virginia General Assembly passed it on December 24, 1798. The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 stated that acts of the national government beyond the scope of its constitutional powers are "unauthoritative, void, and of no force".

  3. Report of 1800 - Wikipedia

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    Adopted by the Virginia General Assembly in January 1800, the Report amends arguments from the 1798 Virginia Resolutions and attempts to resolve contemporary criticisms against the Resolutions. The Report was the last important explication of the Constitution produced before the 1817 Bonus Bill veto message by Madison, who has come to be ...

  4. Principles of '98 - Wikipedia

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    The term derives from the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions written in 1798 by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, respectively.They led a vocal segment of the Founding Fathers that believed that if the federal government, if it is the exclusive judge of its limitations under the US Constitution, would eventually overcome those limits and become more and more powerful and authoritarian.

  5. Category:Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  6. John Breckinridge (U.S. Attorney General) - Wikipedia

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    On a 1798 trip back to Virginia, an intermediary gave him Jefferson's Kentucky Resolutions, which denounced the Alien and Sedition Acts. At Jefferson's request, Breckinridge assumed credit for the modified resolutions he shepherded through the Kentucky General Assembly; Jefferson's authorship was not discovered until after Breckinridge's death ...

  7. 1798 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    November 16 – The Kentucky state legislature passes the first of the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, authored by Thomas Jefferson. December 24 – The Virginia state legislature passes the second of the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, authored by James Madison.

  8. Compact theory - Wikipedia

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    Under this theory and in reaction to the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, Jefferson claimed the federal government overstepped its authority, and advocated nullification of the laws by the states. The first resolution of the Kentucky Resolutions began by stating:

  9. Category:1798 documents - Wikipedia

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    Category: 1798 documents. ... Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions This page was last edited on 5 March 2019, at 22:56 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...