... whiskey and customs duties on imports. He proposed that the state debt be assumed by the national government and not be made to pay the states. Despite what help these strategies did provide, Hamilton used these ideas as a way to get large state creditors on his side of the government. Other than that, Hamilton also fought for a National US Bank. The ... over foreign affairs in 1793. They could not decide whether to be on the British or French side, and it became increasingly difficult due to the French Revolution. The US relied heavily on exports which were now being heavily restricted...

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... his major characters: Washington, Nathaniel Greene, Henry Knox, and William Howe. Washington, a Tidewater planter, was also an experienced soldier and surveyor, serving with distinction under Edward Braddock in the French and Indian War. McCullough reminds readers of Washington's background: "Like other planters of the Tidewater, Washington embraced a life very like that of the English gentry. English by ancestry, he was, in ... not remove the stain of defeat from the encounter. If there is a weakness in the narrative of 1776, however, it is in this middle section. Although McCullough de...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate