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Northern and Western agricultural products are being protected from foreign import competition. The resulting tax on foreign goods, however, raises the price of Southern living and dulls the profits of industry in New England. -
Vice President John C. Calhoun saw the Tariff of Abominations as a danger to the economy, which relied heavily on foreign imports in exchange for domestic agricultural products. Calhoun claimed that the Tariff of Abominations was unconstitutional, seeing as how it taxed imports without the goal of raising revenue. Calhoun penned the South Carolina Exposition and Protest anonymously to protest the Tariff, but many people were still aware of his authorship. -
The 1828 tariff rates are lowered, however, the numbers are still high. -
Jackson sends seven small naval vessels and a man-of-war into Charleston, South Carolina. -
The Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 are null and void within South Carolina state borders. The state government has the ability to nullify federal laws within their borders -- specifically the tariffs of 1828 and 1832. -
President Andrew Jackson issues his response to South Carolina's Ordinance of Nullification, warning them about the dangers of nullification and how the government isn't doing it to protect the people, but rather to secede from the union. Jackson also claims that refusing to comply with federal laws is treason. He threatens the use of military force if the people further refuse. -
The president is given the power to use military force to collect import duties if a state refuses to comply with federal tariffs. -
The Compromise Tariff aided in the gradual reduction of duties and taxes to twenty percent. It was an attempt to appease both Jackson and Calhoun in their respective positions on the tariffs, and create a peaceful end to the nullification crisis.