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Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
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Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
The Lasting Effects
Immediate Effects
Republican's Response
- displayed states' rights:
- allowed states the right to interpret the Constitution
- allowed states to judge the legitimacy of national laws
- Adams reevaluated his foreign policy
- put country ahead of political party
- believed that the Sedition Act violated the First Amendment
- They did not go to the Supreme Court
- Most of the justices were Federalists
- Court's power to overrule congressional legislation had not been established
- James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, instead, went to the state legislatures
- Lead to Jefferson's presidency
- Public saw that he would defend the their rights
- Innovation in foreign policy
- Adams rejected Hamilton's advice to declared war on France
- led to the decline of the Federalist Party
The Resolution
Historical Context
The States' Reactions
- ◦Madison and Jefferson were disappointed by the other states' response
- ◾The Northern States replied negatively
- Massachusetts believed that liberty of the press was not being interfered with
- ◾The Southern States did not even respond to Jefferson or Madison's Resolutions
- Kentucky Resolution
- written by Thomas Jefferson
- declared Alien and Sedition Acts as unconstitutional
- Government does not have the right to exercise power that is not directly in the Constitution
- Virginia Resolutions
- written by James Madison
- declares that they have the right to defend the constitution
- from foreign and domestic powers
- 1797: John Adams was elected president and Federalists held the majority of Congress
- 1798: In response to the XYZ Affair, Congress cut off trade with France
- 1798: Federalists' hostility toward the French Republic caused them to enact three coercive laws
- Naturalization Act
- Alien Act
- Sedition Act
Bibliography
- Henretta, James A., Eric Hinderaker, Rebecca Edwards, and Robert O. Self. "Chapter 7." America's History for the AP Course. 8th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2014. 214-45. Print.
- Watkins Jr., William J. "Watkins: The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions." Watkins: The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions. Constitution.org, 2015. Web. 04 Oct. 2015.
- Watkins, William J. Reclaiming the American Revolution: The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions and Their Legacy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. Print.
- Yale. "Avalon Project - Virginia Resolution - Alien and Sedition Acts." Avalon Project - Virginia Resolution - Alien and Sedition Acts. Lillian Goldman Law Library, 2008. Web. 04 Oct. 2015.
By Owen Hart and Eleni Daughters
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