Year Name Description 1789 Tariff of 1789 Primarily for revenue; some protection for “infant industries;” (Washington administration). 1816 Tariff of 1816 First protective tariff; Clay and Calhoun supported as part of American System; Southern cotton growers opposed; (Madison administration). 1824 Tariff of 1824 Further heightening of rates; growing opposition from South; (Monroe administration). 1828 “Tariff […]