Text Analysis Alien and Sedition Acts

Araina Rowe
11/25/08
Text Analysis
Alien and Sedition Acts
1) The writers of this document are the House of Representatives of the United States of America and the Congress assembled.
2) The audience could be anyone, including citizens of the United States so that they can be informed, or people who are not citizens of the United States to warn them.
3) The writers represent the will of the people because they are the House of Representatives. They also represent the view of the ones in government, such as members of the congress.
4) The first document, the alien, talks about aliens, or people in the United States who are citizens. They tell what is going to happen to them and how they are pretty much going to be imprisoned and shipped off. The second document is talking about the consequences of anyone conspiring against the government of the United States.
5) This document has a very serious tone, because they are talking about serious offenses toward the government and another serious topic of aliens in the United States. The word enacted is used a lot throughout the document, which means to make a law, and if the House of Representatives and Congress are making laws of then it obviously for a good reason.
6) This document is a primary document because the House of Representatives and the congress are writing it, which justifies why it is legitimate.