States' Rights and Nullification

States' Rights when the state or people in the state think the needs of the state have to come before the needs of the country. Nullification is when a US state refuses to help enforce federal laws in its state. This took place in 1832. An example would be someone who lives in Georgia says that they are a Georgian before they would say that they are an American. Now a days people say that they are an American person then they say what state they are from. Another example is when the states ignore the country's laws and go by their own laws. In a way they are considering themselves their own country. South Carolina also ignored federal tarrif laws, so they wouldn't have to pay money to the government. War almost broke out when President Jackson sent militia forces to South Carolina. During The antebellum period the  sates wanted more power than the federal government, that is why the south was called the confederates. Look out for my next post on the Missouri Compromise and The Compromise of 1850.