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In 1776 the United States government started out on a shoestring and quickly went bankrupt fighting its War of Independence against Britain. At the war's end, the national government owed tremendous sums to foreign creditors and its own citizens. But lacking the power to tax, it had no means toā¦
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It is an interesting fact that Hamilton and Gallatin, who served as Treasury Secretary during most of the republicās first quarter-century, were immigrants from commercially more active locales, Hamilton from the sugar island of St. Croix, Gallatin from the stony Calvinist banking center of Geneva, Switzerland.
As congressman from the Pennsylvania frontier, Gallatin opposed Hamiltonās national debt and Bank of the United States, that gave the infant republic circulating money and workable finance. But as Jefferson and Madisonās secretary of the Treasury Gallatin maintained the bulk of Hamiltonās system and managedāwith help from fellow immigrants John Jacob Astor and Stephenā¦
From Michael's list on The best books about the struggles of the early America republic.
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