Actually Alexander Hamilton believed that New York City would be the best location for a new capital. It had been briefly before the US Constitution was passed. Hamilton, a founding father, believed that NYC was a logical choice because of its size, its reputation as an international city and because business and finance was established there.
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locate the national capital in the south
Hamilton agreed to support a plan to move the capital to the South to gain support for his financial plan.
The capital was moved to the South
Because the south felt left out. So Hamilton moved it down to Washington DC
He won the support of the south by establishing Washtington D.C.
He won the support of the south by establishing Washtington D.C.
The compromise plan that established Washington D.C. as the U.S. capital was reached in 1790 between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson, facilitated by James Madison. Hamilton sought federal assumption of state debts incurred during the Revolutionary War, while Jefferson and Madison wanted the capital to be located in the South. The agreement involved locating the capital along the Potomac River, which satisfied Southern interests and allowed Hamilton to secure the financial plan, thus leading to the establishment of the capital in Washington D.C.
After long months they agreed so the goverment could build it's new capital city in the south
Well, honey, those southerners finally jumped on board with Hamilton's plan because he sweetened the deal by agreeing to move the nation's capital down to their neck of the woods. Money talks, and the promise of a fancy new capital city in the South was just too tempting for them to resist. So, they put aside their differences and went along with Hamilton's financial scheme.
He won support by establishing Washington D.C.
Alexander Hamilton has to make a deal with southern leaders to get support for his plan to pay back the national debt. In exchange for their support he promised them that he would locate the nation's capital along the Potomac River so that it would border between the north and south, and not directly in the northern states as it would have been in Philadelphia.