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US History timeline & concept chart: 1789-1860 Early Republic to Antebellum: Difference between revisions
US History timeline & concept chart: 1789-1860 Early Republic to Antebellum (view source)
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'''Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions''' 1798-99 | '''Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions''' 1798-99 | ||
* state legislatures "nullified" Alien & Sedition Acts | * state legislatures "nullified" Alien & Sedition Acts | ||
** declared them unconstitutional | ** = declared them unconstitutional | ||
* "''Principles of '98''" | * "''Principles of '98''" | ||
** = as stated in the Resolutions | ** = as stated in the Resolutions | ||
** states rights | ** states rights | ||
* "strict construction" of the Constitution | ** "strict construction" of the Constitution | ||
*** (= reading of the Constitution by its text alone, without inferring additional powers) | |||
** state nullification of federal law | |||
* impact: | |||
** Washington called the Resolutions "a recipe for disunion" (see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_and_Virginia_Resolutions Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions (wikipedia)] | |||
** fueled southern states rights ideology | |||
''' Taxation''' and '''Fries's Rebellion''' 1799 | ''' Taxation''' and '''Fries's Rebellion''' 1799 | ||