A) It was a U.S. fort. Built with federal funds on land deeded to the federal government free and clear by act of the South Carolina legislature. B) Linoln made one attempt to resupply the fort, and only after informing the governor of South Carolina of his intentions well ahead of time. The decision for war lay in the hands of Jefferson Davis. C) Sumter made no attempt to interfere with traffic in and out of Charleston and was hardly in any position to enforce any tariffs since it was located across the bay from where goods were landed and tariffs collected. D) The idea that the South paid the bulk of the tariff is nonsense. The South imported comparatively little from overseas and well over 90% of all tariff revenue was collected in three Northern ports - New York, Boston, and Philadelphia.
This war was inevitable after Lincoln and his Radical Republicans took the reins of power.
And Jefferson Davis made it a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Okay, I’ll bite.
If Fort Sumter was not there to enforce federal tariffs, then.....................................
What was the purpose of having federal troops in Charleston Harbor ?
Perhaps to protect against a sneak attack from the Spanish Armada ?
Respectfully, where are you getting your history lessons....from the National Education Association ?
These Civil War threads have grown old so I will say this and nothing else: There were numerous reasons for Southern secession, but the reason the war started was Lincoln’s invasion of Virginia. Lincoln started the war, and Lincoln republicans are all over the place today. We call them Rhinos.