The Ordinance of Nullification declared the
Tariffs of 1828 and
1832
Events
January–March
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null and
void within the borders of the
U.S. state
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of
South Carolina
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, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
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, beginning on February 1, 1833. It began the
Nullification Crisis. Passed by a state convention on November 24, 1832, it led to
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Andrew Jackson
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's proclamation against South Carolina, the
Nullification Proclamation on December 10, 1832,
[The Life of Andrew Jackson; HJ Sage; 2011; http://www.saylor.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ENGL405-1.2.3-The-Life-of-Andrew-Jackson.pdf] which threatened to send
government ground troops to enforce the tariffs. In the face of the military threat, and following a
Congressional revision of the law which lowered the tariff, South Carolina repealed the ordinance.
The protest that led to the Ordinance of Nullification was caused by the belief that the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 favored the
North
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over the
South
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and therefore violated the
Constitution
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When these pr ...
. This led to an emphasis on the differences between the two regions and helped set the stage for
conflict during the
antebellum era
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, eventually leading to the
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.
References
External links
Transcript of Ordinance of Nullification from ''The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States''; edited by Paul Leicester Ford; 1898; Appendix pp. 690President Jackson's Message to the Senate and House Regarding South Carolina's Nullification Ordinance; January 16, 1833President Jackson's Nullification Proclamation (1832)
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Nullification crisis
1832 in American law
1832 in South Carolina