"We, therefore, the people of the State of South Carolina, in convention assembled, do declare and
ordain...that the
several acts and parts of acts of Congress of the United States, purporting to be laws for the
imposing of duties and imposts on
the importation of foreign commodities... are unauthorized by the
Constitution of the United States, and violate the true meaning and intent thereof and are null, void, and no law,
nor binding upon this State...
"
South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification, 1832
3. Answer (a), (b), and (c).
a) Briefly explain ONE specific historical development that contributed to the sentiments depicted in this
passage.
b) Briefly explain ANOTHER specific historical development that contributed to the sentiments depicted
in this
passage.
c) Briefly explain ONE specific historical effect that resulted from the sentiments depicted in this passage.