The American System
By: Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun and John Quincy Adams
Highlights
A plan to strengthen and bring together the nation. The establishment of a protective tariff. A 20%-25% tax on imported goods and it would would protect a nation’s business from foreign competitors.
Event Information
American System
When?
Wednesday, Jan 1, 2014, 12:00 AM
Where?
Cincinnati, OH, United States
Henry Clay
In November 1797, Clay relocated to Kentucky. He soon got a reputation for his legal skills and courtroom skills. Some of his clients paid him with horses and land. In 1803 clay was appointed a representative of Fayette County in the Kentucky General Assembly. As a legislator clay advocated a liberal interpretation of the state's constitution and initially the gradual emancipation of slavery in Kentucky, the political realities of the time forced him to abandon that position.
Location: Hanover County, Virginia
Sectionalism vs. Nationalism
Nationalism: meant to unite the country and build a national economy.
Sectionalism: Focused on economies of the North and West not South.