The main purpose of the Alien Laws and Sedition Acts was to
a. capture French and British spies.
b. control the Federalists.
c. silence and punish critics of the Federalists.
d. keep Thomas Jefferson from becoming president.
e. provide support for the Democratic-Republican party.
c
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