Nullification and Secession in the United States: A History of the Six Attempts During the First Century of the RepublicA study of sucession and nullification movements in the United States from the nullification resolutions of 1798 to the American Civil War. Powell proposes that the secession of the southern states in 1861 was not a unique event in American history, but the culmination of a tradition as old as the nation. Indeed, he argues, it was an expression of the "intense individualism which was the most potent factor in the creation of the republic" (Preface). Sensitive to the continued animosity between the North and South, Powell hoped that the historical context provided by his study would help to promote a spirit of reconciliation. The six attempts at nullification and secession that he examines are: - the Nullification Resolutions of 1798 - the plot for a northern confederacy (1803-1804) - the Burr plot (1805-1806) - New England nullification and the Hartford Convention (1812-1814) - South Carolina's attempts at nullification (1832) - the secession of 11 states and creation of the confederacy (1861). |
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... Congress , Oct. 14 , 1774. ( 4 ) Articles of Association passed by the Continental Congress , Oct. 20 , 1774 . ( 5 ) Jefferson's Original Draft of the Declaration of Independence , reported July 4 , 1776. ( 6 ) Digest of the Articles of ...
... Congress declares war against Great Britain - New England protests - Efforts to thwart our enlistments - Disaster on land , but success on the ocean - Treaty negotia- tions - England's demands ; -New England Federals urge their ...
... Congress of the col- onies to meet in New York , October 7 , 1765. Nine colonies which were there represented , Massachusetts , Rhode Island , Connecticut , Pennsylvania , Maryland , South Carolina , Delaware , New Jersey ; New York ...
... Congress acted it had only the good - will of the people to fall back on . It had no power to compel the enforcement of a law . Randolph called it " a government of supplications . " It could neither regulate commerce between the States ...
... Congress to secure power by im- post tax to pay the debt incurred by the Revolution . It was 1786 before the States had all acted ; and then New York had nullified the plan . Resort was had to created or fiat money . Debts were paid in ...
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June 25 1798 2 The Sedition Act July 14 1798 | 97 |
CHAPTER III | 105 |
ugees in New York 2 Letter of Hamilton to | 150 |
PAGE | 153 |
tory to the United States Senate 2 President Jef | 198 |
SOUTH CAROLINA NULLIFICATION IN 1832 | 241 |
Proposal of Canning 2 President Monroes Mes | 294 |
CHAPTER VII | 328 |
CONCLUDING | 435 |
from Hon T M Cooley on Centralization 2 | 449 |