Which of the following was the immediate cause of the publication of the statement in this excerpt?
O A new tariff
A Supreme Court decision on states' rights
The decision to halt slave importations
The election of Andrew Jackson

We hold … that on their separation from the Crown of Great Britain, the several colonies became free and independent States, each enjoying the separate and independent right of self-government; and that no authority can be exercised over them … but by their consent … It is equally true, that the Constitution of the United States is a compact formed between the several states … that the government created by it is a joint agency of the States, appointed to execute the power enumerated and granted by that instrument; that all its acts not intentionally authorized are of themselves essentially null and void, and that the states have the right … to pronounce, in the last resort, authoritative judgment on the usurpations of the Federal Government … Such we deem to be inherent rights of the States.”

- John C. Calhoun, statement adopted by a convention in South Carolina, 1832

Which of the following was the immediate cause of the publication of the statement in this excerpt?

A new tariff

Explanation:

According to the statement by John Calhoun, he states that no authority can be imposed on the several colonies who had just gotten liberation from Great Britain.

The cause of this publication was in response to the new tariff imposed by Congress.