Isle of Palms, South Carolina. Isle of Palms is a city in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 4,133. Isle of Palms is a barrier island on the South Carolina coast.
The goal of the Alien and Sedition Acts is to stop immigration into the United States. It was passed in 1798 by the Federalists and signed by President John Adams. It is used to protect the United States from foreign citizens that can initialize seditious attacks that lead to the weakening of the government. Comments.
The Alien and Sedition Acts: Defining American Freedom. The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 challenged the Bill of Rights, but ultimately led to a new American definition of freedom of speech and the press. When John Adams succeeded George Washington as president in 1797, the Federalist Party had controlled Congress and the rest of the national government from the beginning of the new nation.