As a result of the Sedition Acts,
A) illegal immigrants were deported.
B) newspaper editors critical of the Adams administration were indicted, tried, convicted, and sent to jail.
C) many Americans, staging political protests, found their Constitutional right to peaceful assembly was violated.
D) the nation implemented its first military draft.
E) citizens' rights to trial by jury were suspended.

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The Sedition Acts were used to target and prosecute newspaper editors and others who criticized the Adams administration, infringing on their freedom of speech and press.

As a Result of the Sedition Acts