...HST 3401 Primary Document Analysis Form Your name: Yevgeniya Erdyniyeva Class section: Mn-Wed 5 Date: 10/25/15 Document title: Alien and Sedition Acts Date of document: November 13th, 1797 Author(s): Fifth Congress of the US , John Adams 1.Two or three biographical sentences describing author(s): The Alien and Sedition Acts were four bills that were passed by the Federalists in the 5th United States Congress and signed into law by President John Adams in 1798(John Adams became the second president of the United States of America in 1797) 2.What was the historical context in which the author(s)wrote the document? The Alien and Sedition Acts were passed during a time of great tension due to a possible war with France. Fighting between...
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...APUSH Study Guide 8 A weak Confederacy and the Constitution, 1776-1790 Themes/Constructs: The federal Constitution represented a moderately conservative reaction against the democratilizing effects of the Revolution and the Articles of Confederation. The American Revolution was not a radical transformation like the French or Russian revolutions, but it produced political innovations and some social change in the direction of greater equality and democracy. The American Revolution did not overturn the social order, but it did produce substantial changes in social customs, political institutions, and ideas about society and government. Among the changes were the separation of church and state in some places, the abolition of slavery in the North, written political constitutions, and a shift in political power from the eastern seaboard toward the frontier. The first weak government, the Articles of Confederation, was unable to exercise real authority, although it did successfully deal with the western lands issue. The Confederation’s weakness in handling foreign policy, commerce and the Shays Rebellion spurred the movement to alter the Articles. Instead of revising the Articles, the well-off delegates to the Constitutional Convention created a charter for a whole new government. In a series of compromises, the convention produced a plan that provided for a vigorous central government, a strong executive, the protection for property, while still upholding republican...
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