# Matthew Lyon

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July 14, 1798: The First Time the US Government Made Criticism a Crime

The First Amendment was seven years old when Congress contradicted it. On July 14, 1798, a Federalist-controlled Congress passed the Sedition Act, making it a federal crime to publish false, scandalous, or malicious writing about the United States government, and the law was used almost exclusively…

Ep. 166 Sir Walter Raleigh: How the Elizabethan Golden Boy Flew Too Close to the Sun

I have wanted to talk about Sir Walter Raleigh for so very long. He had a lot of power and influence during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and impacted the world we know today more than people realize. He's even the one who came up with the name Virginia! And yet, most don't know the first thing ab…

ARP402 A Brawl in Congress

President Adams warns Congress that the US needs to Respond to France's diplomatic break with the US. Congress fails to unite around a single response. Adams sends a three man commission to France. Congress gets distracted having to expel Senator Blount for conspiring with Britain. During these…

ARP402 A Brawl in Congress

President Adams warns Congress that the US needs to Respond to France's diplomatic break with the US. Congress fails to unite around a single response. Adams sends a three man commission to France. Congress gets distracted having to expel Senator Blount for conspiring with Britain. During these…

Season 1, Ep. 3 Congressman in the Jail Cell: Matthew Lyon & the Govt That Prosecuted Its Critics

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The government called his words criminal. Vermont’s voters called him their congressman. In 1798, Representative Matthew Lyon was prosecuted under the Sedition Act for publishing attacks on President John Adams. Sentenced to four months in a Vermont jail and fined $1,000, Lyon ran for reelection fr…

Enemies of the Republic: The Alien and Sedition Acts and the Election of 1800

In 1798, a Vermont congressman named Matthew Lyon was thrown in jail for criticizing President John Adams. Months later, voters reelected him. And in 1801, he helped decide who would become the next president. His remarkable story reveals a young republic consumed by fear: war with France, bitter p…

How Did the Alien and Sedition Acts Test the Young American Republic? - Matthew Lyon and the Criminalization of Dissent | Sleepy Facts About History

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! In the summer of 1798, a Vermont congressman named Matthew Lyon was sentenced to four months in prison for calling President John Adams greedy and pompous. While this might sound incomprehensibl…