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Answer: the government was trying to refine free speech

Explanation: In one of the first tests of freedom of speech, the House passed the Sedition Act, permitting the deportation, fine, or imprisonment of anyone deemed a threat or publishing “false, scandalous, or malicious writing” against the government of the United States.

the purpose of the sedition act of 1798 was that federalists giving the government power to imprison or deport foreign citizens and prosecute critics of the government

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