It saw charges on foreign iron, wool, and hemp increase to nearly 50 percent, while rates on clothing rose to 45 percent, creating the highest import duties until the Morrill Tariff.
Support for this measure grew from a meeting the year before in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania attended by delegates from over half the states. As famously indicated by John Randolph, it was drafted in the hopes that its expected defeat would politically isolate New England, but it was surprisingly passed. It saw charges on foreign iron, wool, and hemp increase to nearly 50 percent, while rates on clothing rose to 45 percent, creating the highest import duties until the Morrill Tariff. FTP, what was this * 1828 tariff whose universally loathed nature led to its nickname?
Support for this measure grew from a meeting the year before in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania attended by delegates from over half the states.
Tariff of Abominations (accept Tariff of 1828 until *)