THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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Seizure of our ships on open seas
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Impressment of our sailors into the British navy
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British soldiers urging Native Americans in the west to attack settlers
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Alexander Hamilton’s assassination by a British official
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Detailed explanation-1: -A staunch defender of the institution of slavery, and a slave-owner himself, Calhoun was the Senate’s most prominent states’ rights advocate, and his doctrine of nullification professed that individual states had a right to reject federal policies that they deemed unconstitutional.
Detailed explanation-2: -Calhoun did not argue for a return to the Articles, but instead believed that the new Constitution was in essence a similar document, a compact between the people and their government. For Calhoun the government was given its validity by the nation, the nation was not given its validity by the Government.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1817 John C. Calhoun, a strong advocate of Indian removal, was named secretary of war by James Monroe. Calhoun joined forces with the war hero Andrew Jackson and Lewis Cass, governor of Michigan Territory, to urge formal adoption of a removal policy.
Detailed explanation-4: -Calhoun was a passionate supporter of the removal of American Indians from their lands long before President Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act into law in 1830. Calhoun supported the legislation and helped in its development.