What is Report of 1800?
{{Orphan|date=May 2012}} <!-- Spelling: US --> The '''Report of 1800''' was first written by [[James Madison]]. It argued for the [[sovereignty]] of the individual [[U.S. State|states]] under the [[United States Constitution]]. It argued against the [[Alien and Sedition Acts]].<ref>The document is also known as the '''Virginia Report of 1800''', the '''Report of 1799''', '''Madison's Report''', or the '''Report on the Alien and Sedition Acts'''.</ref> The [[Virginia General Assembly]] used the Report in January 1800. The document mostly makes small changes to arguments from the 1798 [[Virginia Resolutions]]. The main reason for making the Report was to respond to [[criticism]] of the Resolutions. The Report was the last important writing by Madison meant to explain the Constitution in great detail, until the 1817 [[Bonus Bill Veto Message]]. The arguments made in the Resolutions and the Report were used many times during the [[nullification crisis]] of 1832. In this crisis, [[South Carolina]] said that federal [[tariff]]s were unconstitutional and not valid within the state. Madison, however, did not agree. He said that the report did not support nullification. Modern historians debate whether Madison's theory of [[republicanism]] really supported the nullification movement. Historians debate whether the ideas Madison expressed between 1798 and 1800 agree with his work before and after this period. The [[election of 1800]] was significant because it marked the first peaceful change in power from one [[political party]] to another. ==Background== Madison, a member of the [[Democratic-Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], was elected to the Virginia General Assembly from [[Orange County, Virginia|Orange County]] in 1799. At this time, most members of the General Assembly were Republicans. A major item on his agenda was the defense of the General Assembly's 1798 [[Virginia Resolutions]], which he had written earlier.<ref>Madison first decided to run for office mainly to counteract the strength of im