Force Bill of 1833

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The Force Bill of 1833 was a U.S. federal law that authorized President Andrew Jackson to use military force to ensure states complied with federal tariffs during the Nullification Crisis.

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Force Act of 1833 1
Force Bill of 1833 canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Congress ⓘ
United States federal law ⓘ
aimedAtEnforcing Tariff of 1828 ⓘ
Tariff of 1832 ⓘ
federal tariff laws ⓘ
allows use of armed forces to enforce customs duties ⓘ
use of military force against states resisting tariff collection ⓘ
appliesTo states resisting enforcement of federal tariffs ⓘ
asserts supremacy of federal law over state law ⓘ
authorizesUseOf military force to enforce federal tariff laws ⓘ
concerns collection of customs duties ⓘ
federal–state relations ⓘ
nullification doctrine ⓘ
enactedDuring Nullification Crisis ⓘ
followedBy Compromise Tariff of 1833 ⓘ
grantsPowerTo President of the United States ⓘ
federal government ⓘ
hasAlternateName An Act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports ⓘ
Force Act of 1833 ⓘ
linked to: Force Bill of 1833
hasCountry United States ⓘ
hasDateOfEnactment 1833-03-02 ⓘ
hasJurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasLongTermImpactOn debate over states' rights in the United States ⓘ
precedent for federal use of force to enforce federal law ⓘ
hasPresident Andrew Jackson ⓘ
hasPurpose to assert federal supremacy over state nullification ⓘ
to ensure states complied with federal tariff laws ⓘ
hasSubject executive power ⓘ
military enforcement of law ⓘ
tariffs ⓘ
hasYear 1833 ⓘ
historicalPeriod Jacksonian era ⓘ
isConsidered major legislative response to nullification ⓘ
isPartOf United States tariff controversies ⓘ
history of the United States Congress ⓘ
legalArea constitutional law ⓘ
federalism ⓘ
passedBy United States Congress ⓘ
United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
precededBy Tariff of 1832 ⓘ
primaryOppositionFrom South Carolina ⓘ
relatedTo Compromise Tariff of 1833 ⓘ
Nullification Crisis ⓘ
relatedToEvent South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification ⓘ
signedBy Andrew Jackson ⓘ
sponsoredBy U.S. administration of Andrew Jackson ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Andrew Jackson presidency → majorEvent → Force Bill of 1833 ⓘ
Force Bill of 1833 → hasAlternateName → Force Act of 1833 ⓘ
linked to: Force Bill of 1833