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Nullification Crisis
| December 19, 1828 | Vice President John C. Calhoun's South Carolina Exposition and Protest is presented to a state house committee formulating a response to the Tariff of 1828 | South Carolina |
| John C. Calhoun | ||
| July 14, 1832 | Tariff bill reduces the most of the abominations of the Tariff of 1828, but the protective features remained intact. It is set to go into effect on March 4, 1833 | |
| October 22, 1832 | Governor Hamilton convenes a special session of the legislature, which votes to hold a convention following the upcoming Presidential election on the issue of nullification. | South Carolina |
| November 24, 1832 | The South Carolina legislature votes to no longer collect the Tariff of Abominations and the Tariff of 1832. | South Carolina |
| February 1, 1833 | South Carolina's Ordinance of Nullification goes into effect. | South Carolina |
| February 4, 1833 | Louisiana legislature comdemns South Carolina in the Nullification Crisis | Louisiana |
| March 2, 1833 | Congress passes the Tariff Act of 1833, sometimes called the Compromise Tariff, proposed by Henry Clay and calling for the gradual reduction of tariffs to the 1816 levels, ending the Nullification Crisis | |
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| Henry Clay |
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