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War of 1812 and Napoleonic Wars cause Britain to offer goods to America at low Prices
The trade restrictions imposed by Great Britain and France during the Napoleonic Wars, as well as the War of 1812, forced Americans to develop domestic manufactures to provide goods formerly supplied by Europe. Through necessity, American domestic industries had grown and diversified significantly, especially cotton and woolen textiles, and iron production. -
First Protective Tariff Passed by Congress
The Tariff of 1816 is the first tariff passed by Congress to protect U.S. manufactured items from foreign competition due to the trade restrictions set by Britain and France during the war of 1812 and Napoleonic Wars. -
John Q. Adams Appointed President
John Quincy Adams was an American statesman who served as the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829. He was the one that signed the Tariff of Abominations. -
Tariff of Abominations Signed
The "Tariff of Abominations" was a protective tariff passed by Congress on May 19, 1828, designed to protect industry in the northern United States. Enacted during the presidency of John Quincy Adams, it was labeled the Tariff of Abominations by its southern detractors because of the effects it had on the Southern economy. -
Vice President John C. Calhoun anonymously pens South Carolina Exposition and Protest
The South Carolina Exposition and Protest, also known as Calhoun's Exposition, was written in December 1828 by John C. Calhoun. Calhoun did not formally state his authorship at the time, though it was known. The document was a protest against the Tariff of 1828.It stated that if the tariff was not repealed, South Carolina would secede. -
Tariff of 1832 passed
The Tariff of 1832 was a protectionist tariff in the United States. It was largely written by former President John Quincy Adams, who had been elected to the House of Representatives and was made chairman of the Committee on Manufactures. It reduced the existing tariffs to decrease the conflict created by the tariff of 1828. The south was still unhappy, especially in South Carolina. As a result of the Nullification Crisis, the 1832 Tariff was replaced by the Compromise Tariff of 1833. -
South Carolina passes Ordinance of Nullification
The Ordinance of Nullification declared the Tariff of 1828 and 1832 null within the state borders of South Carolina. The protest that led to the Ordinance of Nullification was caused by the belief that the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 favored the North over the South. This led to an emphasis on the differences between the two regions. -
Compromise Tariff of 1833 passed
The Tariff of 1833 was enacted on March 2, 1833. It was proposed by Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun as a resolution to the Nullification Crisis. Enacted under Andrew Jackson's presidency, it was adopted to gradually reduce the rates following southerners' objections to the protectionism found in the Tariff of 1832 and the 1828 Tariff of Abominations. By 1842, they matched the levels set in the Tariff of 1816—an average of 20%.
