Question

4. What did the Sedition Act make it illegal to do?

O form a political party
O criticize the government
O emigrate to the United States
Ostart a newspaper

Answer 1

Start a newspaper.

The Sedition Act made it a crime for American citizens to "print, utter, or publish... any false, scandalous, and malicious writing" about the government. The laws were directed against Democratic-Republicans, the party typically favored by new citizens.