Tariffs: Savior to a Young Nat

In order for the people to be able to believe in the new government it had to provide them with defense from other nations and Native American inhabitants of the land. The new government would also need to deal with foreign affairs, institute a postal service and establish a national currency. The most important thing that the new government faced was the need to develop reliable military and naval forces. These responsibilities were formally defined in 1781, when the Articles of Confederation were adopted. All these new obligations would require substantial funding; funding that was not readily available.

While the Articles clearly established a government, they failed to empower the government with several necessary powers; powers such as right to ta

Although it took eight years for this new legislation to pass, it was the birth of success for this new nation. Even with these new sources of revenue, the U.S. was not generating enough to satisfy its enormous debt.

The government initially began trying to raise money by setting mandates for each state to contribute to the federal government. The mandates were based on population of each state. This brought about the problem of how to count slaves when considering the population. The southern states argued that the slaves should not count towards the population since they would not be paying the income tax. The northern states argued that they should be counted. The eventual compromise was to count each slave as three-fifths of a person. This agreement was appropriately named the three-fifths compromise. Even with this agreement, the quotas sent out by the federal government were hardly ever met.

In 1783, the government made greater strides to improve the U.S.’s financial state with the proposal of a bill that would lead to a five percent tariff on all goods. The bill also included special taxes on certain goods such as salt, wines, rum, brandy, sugar, and tea. The bill also called for a pledge from every state to pay $1.5 million to the federal government every year for twenty-five years.

x its citizens directly, the right to regulate trade and the right to enforce any of its mandates through a national judicial system. The absence of such powers made it extremely difficult for the government to raise the money it needed to successfully carry out its duties to the people.

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