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Tariff of abominations
Tariff of 1824: Influenced by Henry Clay, it was designed to protect Northern Industries from inexpensive British goods, raising taxes dramatically. Overall raising rates to an astounding 50%. -
South Carolina Exposition
A political expose anonymously written by John C. Calhoun. It was a response to the tariff of abominations that reinforced the idea of nullification and claimed the tariff to be unconstitutional and that the states have a right to nullify the tariff. -
Tariff of 1832
This was passed to reduce the existing tax rates to help solve and relieve the conflict of the tariff of abominations from 1828. Due to abridging the economy and making it suffer. Unfortunately, the citizens still viewed it as unconstitutional. -
South Carolina Nullification
South Carolina Nullification: South Carolina declared they had the right to nullify the tariffs and any law passed by government that they saw to be unconstitutional. They even threatened secede from the nation had Jackson come to collect them. -
Jacksons Proclamation
In response to South Carolina’s nullification of the tariffs, Jackson responded by declaring that states governments do not have the right to nullify a national law that they believe is unconstitutional. Being it is forbidden in the constitution, and questioned the very principles it was founded upon. As well as accusing them of treason for acting with resistance to his proclamation. -
Haynes Counter proclamation
Hayne’s claimed that if a state is being subjugated by a law, that state can deem the law void, null and unconstitutional. Which almost certainly led to another war, when Jackson began to rally up troops to plunder the resistance. -
Force Bill
Allowed for President Jackson to rally national troops to enforce any law via violence, specifically nullification of tariffs within the states. Unfortunately, we went back to the drawing board and South Carolina tried to nullify this as well. -
South Carolina Repeal of Nullification
The South Carolina convention reassembled in response to their nullification ordinance being disregarded. They ordered for a repeal on their nullification of tariffs that were placed to protect their industries, though their economy still doing sadly.