Report on Manufactures
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The Report on Manufactures is Alexander Hamilton’s influential 1791 proposal advocating federal support for American industry and a diversified national economy.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
economic policy report
ⓘ
foundational document of American economic policy ⓘ government report ⓘ |
| advocates |
bounties to manufacturers
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diversified national economy ⓘ federal support for manufacturing ⓘ government encouragement of industry ⓘ protective tariffs ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
increasing national wealth
ⓘ
reducing dependence on foreign manufactures ⓘ strengthening national power ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Third Report on the Public Credit ⓘ |
| author | Alexander Hamilton ⓘ |
| citedIn | debates over federal economic power ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1791-12-05 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| follows |
First Report on the Public Credit
ⓘ
Alexander Hamilton's Second Report on the Public Credit ⓘ
surface form:
Second Report on the Public Credit
|
| genre |
economic treatise
ⓘ
policy proposal ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
U.S. industrial policy debate
ⓘ
development of American protectionism ⓘ interpretations of the U.S. Constitution’s necessary and proper clause ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Early Republic of the United States ⓘ |
| influenced | American System (economic plan) ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
British industrial policy
ⓘ
Enlightenment economic thought ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| opposes | exclusive reliance on agriculture ⓘ |
| partOf | Hamiltonian economic program ⓘ |
| placeOfPresentation | Philadelphia ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation | Federalist economic program ⓘ |
| positionHeldByAuthor | Secretary of the Treasury of the United States ⓘ |
| presentedTo |
United States House of Representatives
ⓘ
surface form:
House of Representatives of the United States
United States Congress ⓘ |
| proposedBy | Alexander Hamilton ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1791 ⓘ |
| subject |
division of labor
ⓘ
economic development ⓘ industrialization ⓘ manufacturing policy ⓘ mechanization ⓘ national economic independence ⓘ protectionism ⓘ subsidies ⓘ tariff policy ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | late 18th century United States economy ⓘ |
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