HIST 101 American Public University Wk 3 The Alien and Sedition Acts Discussion – Description
6. If your last name begins with the letters “S… – Z…” write about one of the topics below. In addition, at least one of your three replies to other students should be directed to a student writing as a Patriot in the Revolution.
Explain the origins of the Alien and Sedition Acts and why these acts were so harmful for the nation.
http://www.historynet.com/american-history-passage-of-the-alien-and-sedition-acts.htm
https://billofrightsinstitute.org/essays/the-alien-and-sedition-acts
http://www.history.com/topics/alien-and-sedition-acts
http://www.ushistory.org/us/19e.asp
Podcast about the Alien and Sedition Laws: http://newbooksnetwork.com/terri-diane-halperin-the-alien-and-sedition-acts-of-1798-testing-the-constitution-johns-hopkins-up-2016/
or you may write about…
What were the central problems of the Articles of Confederation, and how did the delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 address them? Note this is a question about both the Articles of Confederation and the Constitutional Convention where the Framers wrote the Constitution.
You must use two sources to answer this question. The sources must be from those I provide. See the links below.
You will have to sign-in to our e-library to access this book.
Revolutionary America
(Chapter 7 of this e-book, available in our library is about the Articles of Confederation. The best-detailed description available.)
http://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-articles-confederation/
http://alphahistory.com/americanrevolution/articles-of-confederation/
http://alphahistory.com/americanrevolution/philadelphia-convention/
[1] Excerpt taken from: Drake, Allison Stark. Headlines From History: The Boston Massacre
Five Colonists Killed By British Soldiers. New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., 2001
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