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No, he vetoed Henry Clay's bill to establish a National Bank.
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To establish a national bank One of the goals of the Whig Party was to encourage independent acting and thinking and for American citizens to participate again in politics and government.
According to The supreme Court in McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) said that Article I, Section 8. The "Necessary and Proper" Clause gave Congress the power to establish a national bank.
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They felt the National Bank restricted credit and placed too much power in the hands of a few bankers.
Yes, George Washington did approve the National Bank. The nation faced economic disaster from crushing Revolutionary War debt. Allegedly to help stabilize the economy, Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury, proposed a national bank -- but Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson objected because he felt it would give the bank too much power, and that the federal government would be exceeding its mandate since none of the alleged benefits were necessary. After considering both arguments, Washington decided to establish the national bank.
Citizens feared that a central bank placed too much power in the hands of the federal government.