Concept information
Preferred term
Alien and Sedition Acts
Definition
- As the first president of the United States following adoption of the Constitution, George Washington was faced with a major financial crisis. Huge national and state debts threatened the newly independent government with economic collapse; the treasury was empty, and government revenues were insufficient to meet annual expenses or even pay the interest on the mounting debt. [Source: Multicultural America: A Multimedia Encyclopedia; Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)]
Belongs to group
Date
- 1978
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Alien_and_Sedition_Acts
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