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A staunch defender of slavery, states' rights, and nullification, John Caldwell Calhoun served the nation as a Congressional Representative and Senator from South Carolina, U.S. Secretary of War and Secretary of State, and Vice President of the United States during the Antebellum Era.

The Coercive Acts, also known as the Intolerable Acts, were five laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774, which prompted the calling of the First Continental Congress.

The Intolerable Acts, also known as the Coercive Acts, were five laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774, which led the colonies to hold the First Continental Congress in September-October 1774.

Robert E. Lee was a prominent Confederate army officer who commanded the Army of Northern Virginia throughout most of the Civil War. He also served as General-in-Chief of Confederate forces near the end of the war.

The Olive Branch Petition was a letter sent to King George III of England from the Second Continental Congress, attempting to avoid war with Great Britain in the American colonies.

The Proclamation of 1763 reserved the lands west of the crest of the Appalachian Mountains for the native inhabitants and forbid colonists from settling in the area.

In December 1828, U.S. Vice-president John C. Calhoun anonymously penned two documents collectively known as the South Carolina Exposition and Protest, that outlined objections to the Tariff of 1828.

Also known as the Tariff of Abominations, the Tariff of 1828, prompted U.S. Vice-president John C. Calhoun to anonymously pen his Exposition and Protest, which invoked the doctrine of nullification in challenging the Constitutionality of the act.

Important facts about acclaimed abolitionist and women's rights supporter Sojourner Truth.

The XYZ Affair was a diplomatic scandal between France and the United States that resulted in a limited, undeclared naval war with France known as the Quasi-War. The scandal also contributed to sectionalism and the concept of Nullification, which were direct causes of the American Civil War.