Websites
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This gives a nice overview of what the Acts did. The links kind of put them in context, too.
Movie or TV Productions
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The defining TV depiction of the second president. Adams tends to get passed over in favor of the more famous two-term names that surround him. But in this miniseries, he's the main character.
Articles and Interviews
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Just read this article. That will update you.
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Here's a list of people who got charged with violating the acts.
Video
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In this clip from HBO's John Adams miniseries, Adams first debates the need for the acts, then talks it over with Thomas Jefferson. And yes, Jefferson is totally Stannis Baratheon.
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You know all this stuff already, but it can't hurt.
Images
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He kind of looks like someone's chubby uncle.
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This is how he looked in 1800, right around when the Alien and Sedition Acts were signed.
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Our smallest president.
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Here's what they actually looked like.