ritten, printed, uttered or published..., any false, scandalous and malicious w nited States, or the President of the United States, with intent to defame the said designs of any foreign nation against the United States..., then such person, being there CTION 2...If any person shall write, print, utter or publish, or shall cause or p natred of the good people of the United States..., or to aid, encourage or abet any host overnment...or to bring them...into contempt or disrepute; or to excite against them ritings against the government of the United States, or either house of the Congre convicted..shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, and b imprisonment not exceeding two years." The Sedition Act, 1798 Excerpted text from congressional bill, July 14, 1798. 11. The excerpt above best serves as evidence of the a. influence of Enlightenment ideals. b. difficulty of creating a multiethnic American identity. bitter political debates of the 1790s. challenges faced by traditional imperial systems.

ritten, printed, uttered or published..., any false, scandalous and malicious w nited States, or the President of the United States, with intent to defame the said designs of any foreign nation against the United States..., then such person, being there CTION 2...If any person shall write, print, utter or publish, or shall cause or p natred of the good people of the United States..., or to aid, encourage or abet any host overnment...or to bring them...into contempt or disrepute; or to excite against them ritings against the government of the United States, or either house of the Congre convicted..shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, and b imprisonment not exceeding two years." The Sedition Act, 1798 Excerpted text from congressional bill, July 14, 1798. 11. The excerpt above best serves as evidence of the a. influence of Enlightenment ideals. b. difficulty of creating a multiethnic American identity. bitter political debates of the 1790s. challenges faced by traditional imperial systems.