16. What led to the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts? What made them so controversial?

Answer to the following question is as follows;

Explanation:

The Federalists considered Democratic-Republican condemnation of Federalist policy to be traitorous, and they feared that immigrants living in the United States might sympathise with the Frenchman in the event of a conflict. As a response, a Federalist-controlled Parliament approved the Alien and Sedition Acts, which are recognized as the Alien and Sedition Acts together.

answer; philip morin freneau