Thomas Jefferson's Response To The Alien And Sedition Act

In 1789, Thomas Jefferson wrote a series of resolutions, which were passed by Kentucky Legislatures in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts. The Alien and Sedition Acts made it illegal for anyone in the states to protest the government. It also gave the President the power to imprison or expel aliens who pose a threat to the nation. The Kentucky Resolutions were made to tell the central government that they have overstepped their boundaries and made it clear to them that the states were entitled to maintain their liberties. Jefferson uses the US Constitution to prove the unlawfulness of the acts. During the 1780’s there was a large number of immigrants coming from Ireland and other Francophone areas, making the Federalists enforce another