Question

What prompted the passage of the Virginia and Kentucky resolution?

A. the jay treaty
B. the election of John Adams
C. the XYZ affairs
D. the sedition act

Answer 1

The answer is (D.) the Sedition Act

Answer 2

It was the "Alien and Sedition Acts" that prompted the passage of the Virginia and Kentucky resolution, since the Federalists were in control of Congress this was the only way the Anti-Federalists could exercise any power.