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Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

Class F Main/Index sister projects: Wikipedia article. The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions were political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799 in favor of states' rights. They were written by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.

Documents

• Kentucky Resolutions of 1798
• Virginia Resolutions of 1798
  • Accompanying Address
  • Answers from Delaware, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York (also to Kentucky), Connecticut, New Hampshire (also to Kentucky), and Vermont.
• Kentucky Resolutions of 1799

In response to

• Alien and Sedition Acts:
  • Chapter 54, June 18, 1798: An Act to Establish a Uniform Rule of Naturalization ("Naturalization Act")
  • Chapter 58, June 25, 1798: An Act concerning Aliens ("Alien Friends Act")
  • Chapter 66, July 6, 1798: An Act Respecting Alien Enemies ("Alien Enemies Act")
  • Chapter 74, July 14, 1798: An Act for the Punishment of Certain Crimes against the United States ("Sedition Act")

Quoted in

• Wisconsin's Declaration of Defiance
• Unconstitutionality of the Fugitive Act
• A Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States, Calhoun

Commentary

• Contemporary Opinion of the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, Anderson (1899)
• History of the United States, Adams (1890)
• “Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions,” The New International Encyclopædia. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1905.
• “Kentucky Resolutions,” Collier's New Encyclopedia. New York: P.F. Collier & Son Co., 1921.
• History of the United States, Beard (1921)