Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

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constitutional theory document political statement

The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions were 1798–1799 political statements drafted by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison that asserted states’ rights to judge the constitutionality of federal laws and opposed the Alien and Sedition Acts.

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Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions 5
Kentucky Resolutions 1
Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional theory document ⓘ
political statement ⓘ
approvedBy Kentucky General Assembly ⓘ
surface form: Kentucky legislature

Virginia General Assembly ⓘ
asserted compact theory of the Constitution ⓘ
state authority to judge constitutionality of federal laws ⓘ
states’ rights ⓘ
that states could interpose against unconstitutional federal laws ⓘ
that states could nullify unconstitutional federal laws ⓘ
that the federal government is a creation of the states ⓘ
associatedWith Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
context John Adams presidency ⓘ
Quasi-War ⓘ
surface form: Quasi-War with France
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticized federal overreach ⓘ
restrictions on political dissent ⓘ
dateAdopted 1798 ⓘ
1799 ⓘ
draftedBy James Madison ⓘ
Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
genre legislative resolution ⓘ
hasPart Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kentucky Resolutions of 1798

Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kentucky Resolutions of 1799

Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Virginia Resolutions of 1798
historicalPeriod Early Republic of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Early national period of the United States
influenced later states’ rights arguments ⓘ
nullification crisis of the 1830s ⓘ
southern constitutional thought ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location Kentucky ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Kentucky

Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia
mainAuthorOfKentuckyResolutions Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
mainAuthorOfVirginiaResolutions James Madison ⓘ
motivatedBy opposition to Alien and Sedition Acts ⓘ
opposed Federalist interpretation of the Constitution ⓘ
opposedLaw Alien and Sedition Acts ⓘ
politicalPosition opposition to Federalist Party policies ⓘ
support for Democratic-Republican principles ⓘ
relatedTo American constitutional history ⓘ
compact theory ⓘ
nullification doctrine ⓘ
states’ rights doctrine ⓘ
subject civil liberties ⓘ
federalism in the United States ⓘ
freedom of speech ⓘ
year 1798 ⓘ
1799 ⓘ

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First Party System → relatedEvent → Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions ⓘ
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Alien and Sedition Acts → inspiredDocument → Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions ⓘ
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Alien and Sedition Acts → inspiredDocument → Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions ⓘ
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Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions → hasPart → Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions → hasPart → Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions → hasPart → Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Presidency of John Adams → relatedDocument → Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions ⓘ
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Nullifier Party → influencedBy → Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions ⓘ
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Alien Friends Act → inspiredDocument → Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions ⓘ
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