He favored tariffs because he wanted to place them on items & such to pay off all the debts.
I removed the need to tax American citizens while needing to run the federal government and to pay off the Revolutionary War debts ($77 million).
Alexander Hamilton was Secretary of Treasury when the first tariff was proposed and passed. Hamilton argued that it was very important for the new US government to have steady sources of revenue in order to pay its bills and establish good credit with other nations. Tariffs were easily collected and not an obvious tax to most people. The idea of protecting fledgling US industries was not a major reason for the first tariffs but may have had some benefit.
Thomas Jefferson and his followers opposed Alexander Hamilton's tariff policy.
Small Farmers, cause Alexander Hamilton's policy supported big business owners :P
Hamilton's main purpose and method of encouraging the growth of domestic business is by imposing tariffs on manufacturing foreign products across the world.
The United States acquired $77 million dollars in debt from the Revolutionary War. In order to pay for it, Alexander Hamilton, as Secretary of Treasury wanted to rely on excise taxes and tariffs to pay it off so there was no need for an income tax.
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Alexander Hamilton was Secretary of Treasury when the first tariff was proposed and passed. Hamilton argued that it was very important for the new US government to have steady sources of revenue in order to pay its bills and establish good credit with other nations. Tariffs were easily collected and not an obvious tax to most people. The idea of protecting fledgling US industries was not a major reason for the first tariffs but may have had some benefit.
Thomas Jefferson and his followers opposed Alexander Hamilton's tariff policy.
Yes they did.
The formation of political parties can be traced to different philosophies and viewpoints from thinkers such as John Locke, who emphasized individual rights and limited government, and Karl Marx, who focused on class struggle and the need for a revolution to achieve equality. Additionally, ideologies like conservatism, liberalism, socialism, and others have also influenced the formation of political parties based on their varying ideas about the role of the state and society.
Small Farmers, cause Alexander Hamilton's policy supported big business owners :P
Hamilton's main purpose and method of encouraging the growth of domestic business is by imposing tariffs on manufacturing foreign products across the world.
He fixed it with the help of his Secretary Of Treasury Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton initiated an economic plan that included a national bank, excise tax, assumption of states' debts,and tariffs.
tariffs on imported goods the role of states' rights powers of the federal government provided in the Constitution
The United States acquired $77 million dollars in debt from the Revolutionary War. In order to pay for it, Alexander Hamilton, as Secretary of Treasury wanted to rely on excise taxes and tariffs to pay it off so there was no need for an income tax.
Alexander Hamilton favored protective tariffs because it was an essential part of his financial plan. By protecting America's infant domestic economy, he won the favor of the wealthy classes (merchants and manufacturers).
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