In preparation for war against the Republic of France, Federalist (nationalist) President John Adams signs the Direct Tax Act of 1798, assessing a Direct property tax of 18,900 Dollars against the States for each of their members in the House of Representatives, for a total tax of 2,000,000 Dollars.

       [restored 2/14/2021]

       In preparation for war against the Republic of France, Federalist (nationalist) President John Adams signs the Sedition Act of 1798, making it illegal to criticize the President, Cabinet, or Congress.

        NOTE: The act did allow criticism of the Vice-President, who happened to be from an the opposing Republican (constitutionalist) faction.

        [updated 11/6/2021] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.

Subsequent Events:

9/12/1798                   2/9/1799                  2/23/1799                2/10/1799                    12/3/1800

2/17/1801                   8/2/1813                  5/15/1818                 12/28/1832

Authority:

Article I, Section 9 [Clause 4]
ccc-2point0.com/constitution-for-the-united-states

“Law of the Jungle”
ccc-2point0.com/preface

References:

Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 55.

Irwin A. Schiff, The Great Income Tax Hoax: Why You Can Immediately Stop Paying This Illegally Enforced Tax, (Hamden, Connecticut: Freedom Books, 1985), 55-60, 439-46.

Alien and Sedition Acts – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_and_Sedition_Acts

Free Patriot Press You Have (No) Right to Peaceably Assemble.mht
www.freepatriot-press.com/2015/07/you-have-no-right-to-peaceably-assemble.html

Current U.s. National Debt:

$40,102,964,278,586

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