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The Tariff of 1857 was a major tax reduction in the United States that amended the Walker Tariff of 1846 by lowering rates to between 15% and 24%. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Tariff of 1857 was developed in response to a federal budget surplus in the mid-1850s. [ 2 ]
1,860 acres (7.5 km 2) 1975 Open Smith Mountain Lake State Park: Huddleston: 1,248 acres (5.05 km 2) 1967 Open Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park: Big Stone Gap: 1.5 acres (0.0061 km 2) 1943 Open Staunton River State Park: Scottsburg: 2,336 acres (9.45 km 2) 1939 Open Staunton River Battlefield State Park: Randolph
The Tariff of 1842 returned the tariff to the level of 1832, with duties averaging between 23% and 35%. The Walker Tariff of 1846 essentially focused on revenue and reversed the trend of substituting specific for ad valorem duties. The Tariff of 1857 reduced the tariff to a general level of 20%, the lowest rate since 1830, and expanded the free ...
Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation Sailor's Creek Battlefield Historical State Park is a 379-acre (153 ha) state park near Rice, Virginia , located mostly in Amelia County with a small portion in Prince Edward County .
This is a list of United States tariff laws.. 1789: Tariff of 1789 (Hamilton Tariff) 1790: Tariff of 1790 1791: Tariff of 1791 1792: Tariff of 1792 1816: Tariff of 1816 1824: Tariff of 1824
State parks of Virginia — operated by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. Pages in category "State parks of Virginia" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total.
Kiptopeke State Park is a state park located in the southern end of the Eastern Shore of Virginia and the Delmarva Peninsula in Northampton County, near Cape Charles.The park offers recreational access to the brackish waters of the Chesapeake Bay with its shoreline, beach, boat ramps and piers, as well as unique migratory bird habitat along the East Coast flyway.
The Morrill Tariff of 1861 was a protective tariff law adopted on March 2, 1861. Passed after anti-tariff southerners had left Congress during the process of secession, Morrill designed it with the advice of Pennsylvania economist Henry C. Carey. [13] It was one of the last acts signed into law by James Buchanan, and replaced the Tariff of 1857 ...