Hamiltonian economic program

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The Hamiltonian economic program was Alexander Hamilton’s comprehensive plan to strengthen the early United States’ financial system through federal assumption of state debts, creation of a national bank, and support for manufacturing and commerce.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal economic policy
economic program
fiscal policy program
appliesTo national debt of the United States
state Revolutionary War debts
appliesToJurisdiction federal government of the United States
architect Alexander Hamilton
country United States of America
field economic policy
public finance
goal bind the interests of wealthy Americans to the federal government
encourage manufacturing and industry
establish good credit with foreign nations
facilitate commerce
promote economic development
stabilize the national financial system
strengthen the credit of the United States
hasEffect centralization of federal financial power
encouragement of early American industrialization
establishment of the First Bank of the United States
improvement of U.S. creditworthiness
political conflict over constitutional interpretation
hasPart Report on Manufactures
Report on Public Credit
Report on a National Bank
assumption of state debts
creation of a national bank
excise taxes
funding of the national debt at par
support for commerce
support for manufacturing
tariff policy
implementedBy First United States Congress
George Washington administration
inception 1790
influencedBy British financial system
location Philadelphia
namedAfter Alexander Hamilton
opposedBy Democratic-Republican Party
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
significantEvent chartering of the First Bank of the United States in 1791
submission of the First Report on Public Credit in 1790
submission of the Report on Manufactures in 1791
supportedBy Federalist Party
uses creation of a national bank to manage government finances
excise taxes to raise revenue
federal assumption of state debts
tariffs to raise revenue


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