The Alien and Sedition Acts were seen as controversial in the new American republic because - A: it placed large tariffs on foreign imports to the United States.

B: they brought America into an international war with France and Britain.

C: they severely limited American individual rights.

D: the President doubled the size of the United States without consulting Congress.

The three steps before modern english were indo-european, germanic, and old english. as peoples moved around the eurasian continent, their languages changed. throughout the ages, the languages became more specialized. as english has many germanic influences, it is easy to see how this was one of the forebears. also, old english was one of the main ancestors of the modern language, spoken in the 5th through about the 13th centuries.