12. Passage of the above legislation was most consistent with the sentiments of a. British laws passed after the end of the Seven Years' War. b. Thomas Paine's Common Sense. C. the Declaration of Independence. the Articles of Confederation. 13. Which of the following continuities in United States history is best demonstrated by the excerpt above? a. The debate over voting rights and citizenship b. The debate between federal and states' rights A The debate over the balance of liberty and order d. The debate between executive and legislative power 14. What was the response of Thomas Jefferson to this law? He quit his job to run against President Adams. He wrote the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions. He went to France to settle the XYZ Affair. b. C. d. He issued the Proclamation of Neutrality.
12. Passage of the above legislation was most consistent with the sentiments of a. British laws passed after the end of the Seven Years' War. b. Thomas Paine's Common Sense. C. the Declaration of Independence. the Articles of Confederation. 13. Which of the following continuities in United States history is best demonstrated by the excerpt above? a. The debate over voting rights and citizenship b. The debate between federal and states' rights A The debate over the balance of liberty and order d. The debate between executive and legislative power 14. What was the response of Thomas Jefferson to this law? He quit his job to run against President Adams. He wrote the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions. He went to France to settle the XYZ Affair. b. C. d. He issued the Proclamation of Neutrality.
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Transcribed Image Text:12. Passage of the above legislation was most consistent with the sentiments of
a. British laws passed after the end of the Seven Years' War.
b. Thomas Paine's Common Sense.
C. the Declaration of Independence.
the Articles of Confederation.
13. Which of the following continuities in United States history is best demonstrated by
the excerpt above?
a. The debate over voting rights and citizenship
b. The debate between federal and states' rights
The debate over the balance of liberty and order
d. The debate between executive and legislative power
14. What was the response of Thomas Jefferson to this law?
He quit his job to run against President Adams.
He wrote the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions.
b.
He went to France to settle the XYZ Affair.
с.
d.
He issued the Proclamation of Neutrality.

Transcribed Image Text:Questions 11-14 refer to the excerpts below.
SECTION 2...If any person shall write, print, utter or publish, or shall cause or procure to be
written, printed, uttered or published..., any false, scandalous and malicious writing or
writings against the government of the United States, or either house of the Congress of the
United States, or the President of the United States, with intent to defame the said
government...or to bring them...into contempt or disrepute; or to excite against them..the
hatred of the good people of the United States.., or to aid, encourage or abet any hostile
designs of any foreign nation against the United States.., then such person, being thereof
convicted...shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, and by
imprisonment not exceeding two years."
The Sedition Act, 1798
Excerpted text from congressional bill, July 14, 1798.
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