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John Adams signs the Tariff of Abominations, which the South believes favors the North industrialization, as it raised taxes on imported goods. The South dislikes this because they rely on importing these goods for cheap, and exporting raw goods for profit. This contributed to the Nullification Crisis.
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This was published by David Walker, and it critiques the colonization movement in America and calls for the immediate abolishment of slavery. He believed that natural rights were being violated and made it clear that it seems unfair for someone to be deemed lesser for their skin tone, and that the people who claim to be just are extremely cruel. He calls them hypocrites.
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The Indian Removal Act forced more Indians out of their homeland in Oklahoma and Alaska and onto the Trail of Tears.
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This was a rebellion led by Nat Turner that killed 57 white people and led to slaves fighting back, he was captured and then executed in Virginia. The uprising was put down and approximately 100 slaves were killed in the rebellion and followed afterwards.
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South Carolina extremely disagreed with the doings of Jefferson and his decisions to input a high protective tax on imported goods. This made it more difficult for them to import tools and cheap manufactured goods. They instead decided to nullify the tariff and completely ignore it entirely, which caused a lot of outrage with the government. Jackson responds by saying that their actions are '"incompatible with the existence of the Union.”'
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Sac and Fox Indian tribes attempt to regain land they lost in Illinois via war. This was largely unsuccessful and led to a large loss for them. This was the end of a large amount of Indian resistance in the region.
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The Bank War is a battle Jackson had with the national bank, in which he says that the bank is trying to "kill him." He vetoes a bill to recharter the Second Bank of the United States. He considered the bank as a monopoly for the rich that would take advantage of the poor.
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Jackson decided to withdraw all of the federal funds, depositing them into 23 State Banks instead which were called "pet" banks. This causes the banks to need to call in debts and ask for money.