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27 February, 17:49

In highlighting "the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated," Jefferson was referring most directly to passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts, which were designed to suppress criticism of the government A. Great Britain's efforts to deny colonists their political rights in the years before the American Revolution B. the use of government force to put down popular uprisings like Shays' Rebellion and the Whiskey Rebellion C. restrictive anti-American Indian policies that conflicted with the nation's professed political ideals

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  1. 27 February, 19:50
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    The right option is A - Jefferson was referring most directly to passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts, which were designed to suppress criticism of the government.

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    In his First Inaugural Address, Jefferson sets his oncoming givernment principles. As the third president since the Independence, he had to deal with the remains and hatred alive after the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, where the Federalists passed 4 laws to prevent the French advance genereting dometic problems. One of these Acts prohibited opinions or public opposition to the government. Jefferson was against this censorship with a conciliatory inaugural address instead of political intolerance.
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