The Nullification Crisis was caused by the political idea of the states’ rights.
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In the initial decades after the US declared independence, the issue of trade and tariffs kept on surfacing for a long time.
To get rid of the tariffs imposed by the union, the 'state of South Carolina' passed an ordinance to declare the tariffs of the union 'null and void' within the boundaries of the state.
This gave birth to growing 'tensions' between the 'union' and the 'state of South Carolina' over the issue of states' right to pass such an ordinance. The crisis came to be known as the 'Nullification Crisis'.
Answer: I would advise Augustus to not reduce the program.
Explanation: This would cause and uprising within his city and also compromise his trading with Eqypt and Spain. There could be a compromise whereby the grain could be less reduced, however, to shut it down would be a massive uprising.
