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| alien and sedition acts | laws passed in 1798 during the administration of Pres. Adams which placed restrictions on aliens and made it a crime for editors, writers, or speakers to criticize the government and its Federalist principles |
| faction | a group that seeks to promote its own special interests at the expense of the common good |
| Federalist Party | advocates of ratification of the U.S. Constitution and a strong central government |
| general welfare clasue | to lay and collect taxes... to pay debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the U.S. |
| necessary and proper clause | gives Congress the power to make all laws that are "necessary and proper" to carry out the powers expressly delegated to it by the Cosntitution |
| political parties | any organization that seeks to achieve political power by electing members to public office so that their political philosophies can be reflected in public policies |
| Republican Party | this group argued that the Constitution's description of powers of the federal government was so vague that using the opponents approach the government could do whatever it wanted |
| revolution of 1800 | first time in modern history where the control of a government was given to new leaders as a result of a "democratic revolution" rather than hereditary succession or violent overthrow |
