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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf economic policy report
foundational document of American economic policy
government report
advocates bounties to manufacturers
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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Third Report on the Public Credit alsoKnownAs Report on Manufactures
Hamiltonian economic program hasPart Report on Manufactures
Alexander Hamilton notableWork Report on Manufactures
Report on Public Credit relatedWork Report on Manufactures