... into a new age enlightened by reason, science, and respect for humanity."(Encarta encyclopedia) Enlightenment philosophers questioned the past and appealed to reason. Many of them followed 17th-century English philosopher John Locke in believing that all individuals possessed certain "natural rights" such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of property, and that it was the responsibility of government to protect those ... creating an "enlightened utopia." Several of the laws in the new colony were structured based upon enlightened ideas. Slavery was prohibited, and due to its negative eff...

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... the President supreme power over foreigners living in American during a time of war, it also changed the time of residency to have citizenship from 5 to 14 years. The Sedition Act banned spoken or written criticism of the government, the Congress, or the President. The laws were passed by the Federalist Party and were directed, in part, at a group of Republican journalists ... -Federalists, drew together into a Jeffersonian party; first called the Republicans and later the Democratic Republicans, they eventually became known as the Democratic party. Party politics had not yet crystallize...

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... were appalled, for they believed a commercial society was essential to their nation. They insisted the Embargo was unconstitutional, as Alexander Anderson demonstrated in Document C. The cartoon depicts how the Republicans banned merchants from trading, which was a harsh blow towards the Federalist's ideals. The turtle represents the snapping Republican, trying to prohibit the United State's trade. The Federalists went against their characterization ... to the public. In order for the American merchants to regain their wealth that they had lost from the domination of British trade, Cong...

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