Bitter controversies on a number of issues were revealed due to the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798. There are political explanations of why these Acts were passed which center primarily around the state of foreign relations. Two parties of the day, the Democratic-Republic and the Federalists were initially in support of the constitution that did not require a Bill of Rights, and only conceded in order to aid in the ratification of the Constitution. The …
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…those who help the French were not Americans but fool, madmen or traitors. Jefferson said that XYZ affairs produced such a shock on the republican mind, one that had never been seen since independence. These two Acts caused a lot of tension, which was not needed. Two different parties, both had different views about the Acts. In one way the acts were good, but in the other they were a little too much to handle.