 as the reality of these acts settled in especially the sedition act i think it really undermined them it helped jefferson to eke out a fairly narrow victory in 1800 but to gain a huge win in congress congress the federalist party really got decimated in 1800 and i think it's partly as a reaction to this and what then ended up happening was not only did the federalists lose the 1800 election they really ceased after that election to be a