AMH 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Martin Van Buren, Hartford Convention, Kitchen Cabinet
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Hamilton swayed the election in the house of reps towards thomas jefferson. Putting his own people in power in d. c. 40% increase import tariff on international goods coming into the. South carolina is dependent on english buying their cotton. Protection of the federal union depending on the issue. Called for a battleship to go aim its guns at the supporters of the nullification. Calls all supporters of the nullification traitors including john calhoun. Getting british goods in the us more than before. Let them freeze to death on their journey. Let the army stand down and not protect them. They shot a man coming up with a white flag. Cant say hes good or bad or what evre. Has a brief window of time to deal with jackson. Re-chartering bill goes through congress, passes, but clay doesn"t get elected. Andrew jackson said he wants to kill the bank.
