"Resolved, that it be and hereby is recommended to the legislatures of the several states represented in this Convention, to adopt all such measures as may be necessary effectually to protect the citizens of said states from the operation and effects of all acts which have been or may be passed by the Congress of the United States." — Hartford Convention Resolutions, January 1815
The Convention's appeal to state interposition most closely resembles which earlier document?
- A
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
- B
The Federalist No. 10 of 1787
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The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798
- D
Washington's Farewell Address of 1796
Explanation
Like Madison and Jefferson's Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions challenging the Alien and Sedition Acts, the Hartford Convention argued that states could shield citizens from federal laws they deemed unconstitutional.