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" Tariff of Administration" goes into effect
Taking British cloth coming into U.S markets, the tariff hurt southern cotton growers by reducing British demand for raw cotton from America. -
Andrew Jackson vetoes the Maysville Road Bill
The Maysville Road veto occurred on May 27, 1830, when United States President Andrew Jackson vetoed a bill that would allow the federal government to purchase stock in the Maysville, Washington, Paris, and Lexington Turnpike Road Company, which had been organized to construct a road linking Lexington to Maysville on the Ohio River (Maysville being located approximately 66 miles/106 km northeast of Lexington), the entirety of which would be in the state of Kentucky. -
Congress passes the Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. A few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy. -
Supreme Court issues Cherokee Nation v. Georgia decision
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) asked the Supreme Court to determine whether a state may impose its laws on Native Americans and their territory. ... Instead, the Court ruled that it did not have jurisdiction over the case because the Cherokee Nation, was a “domestic dependent nation” instead of a “foreign state." -
Andrew Jackson vetoes the Bank Recharter Bill
Andrew Jackson vetoed the bill re-chartering the Second Bank in July 1832 by arguing that in the form presented to him it was incompatible with “justice,” “sound policy” and the Constitution. -
Supreme Court issues Worcester v. Georgia decision
Worcester v. Georgia, legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on March 3, 1832, held (5–1) that the states did not have the right to impose regulations on Native American land. ... Andrew Jackson refused to enforce the ruling, the decision helped form the basis for most subsequent Indian law in the United States. -
South Carolina passes Ordinance of Nullification
The decision was made, and on November 24, 1832, the South Carolina legislature passed the Ordinance of Nullification, which declared the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 unconstitutional, and thereby null and void. The Nullification Crisis began with this act. -
Congress passes the Force Bill, authorizing military force in South Caroline
The Force Bill was passed by Congress on March 2, 1833, during the Nullification Crisis and authorized President Jackson to use military force against any state that resisted the protective tariff laws. South Carolina was particularly fierce in their opposition and declared the tariffs were unconstitutional. -
Congress passes Henry Clay's compromise tariff with Jackson's support
Enacted on March 2, 1833, 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; the tariffs had prompted South Carolina to threaten secession from the Union. -
Democratic candidate Martin Van Buren is elected president
United States presidential election of 1836, American presidential election held in 1836, in which Democrat Martin Van Buren defeated several Whig Party candidates led by William Henry Harrison. -
Financial panic deflates the economy
The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major recession that lasted until the mid-1840s. Profits, prices, and wages went down while unemployment went up. ... The years 1837 to 1844 were, generally speaking, years of deflation in wages and prices. -
Eastern Indians are forced west on the Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears, in U.S. history, the forced relocation during the 1830s of Eastern Woodlands Indians of the Southeast region of the United States (including Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole, among other nations) to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River. -
Independent Treasury established
The Independent Treasury was the system for managing the money supply of the United States federal government through the U.S. -
Whig candidate William Henry Harrison is elected president
Economic recovery from the Panic of 1837 was incomplete, and Whig nominee William Henry Harrison defeated incumbent President Martin Van Buren of the Democratic Party. The election marked the first of two Whig victories in presidential elections. In 1839, the Whigs held a national convention for the first time.
