During the Adams Administration, The Naturalization Act extended the requirement for citizenship from five to fourteen years targeting O French and Dutch immigrants. German and French immigrants. o German and Irish immigrants. Irish and French immigrants.

Under President John Adams of the Federalist party, the United States was tethering towards war with France and feared that should that happen, some immigrants, particularly those from Ireland and France, would support the French as they did the Democratic-Republican party.

This led Congress to pass four laws collectively known as the Alien and Sedition Acts of which the Naturalization Act was part of. Under this Act, the number of years required for a person to have lived in the United States to become a citizen went from 5 to 14 years.

During the Adams Administration, The Naturalization Act extended the requirement for citizenship from five to fourteen years targeting O French and Dutch immigrants. German and French immigrants. o German and Irish immigrants. Irish and French immigrants. ​

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During the Adams Administration, The Naturalization Act extended the requirement for citizenship from five to fourteen years targeting O French and Dutch immigrants. German and French immigrants. o German and Irish immigrants. Irish and French immigrants.