What was the goal of Henry Clays american system?
New England opposed spending federal dollars on internal improvements, like roads and canals. Southerners began to worry about the cost of internal improvements and the taxes that would be needed to pay for the roads. The middle states were concerned that they would end up paying most of the cost of internal improvements. Industrialists feared that tariffs would be lowered and they would lose money. Henry Clay developed his American System to end the feeling of sectionalism in the nation. The West, connected to the NorthEast by good roads would provide a massive domestic market for manufactured goods of New England and the Middle States. The sale of western land would help offset the taxes needed to be raised to pay for internal improvements. A high tariff would also help pay for improvements and ease the concern of the business men. A larger market in the east and south would aid the western farmers, as they could now grow more and ship it quicker and cheaper to the growing eastern ci
