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 | When George Washington became president in 1789, he appointed Alexander Hamilton as his secretary of the Treasury. | |
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| Through high tariffs designed to protect American industry from foreign competition, government bounties and subsidies, and internal improvements and transportation, Hamilton hoped to break Britains manufacturing hold on the United States. | |
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| The most eloquent opposition to Hamiltons proposals came from Thomas Jefferson, Washingtons secretary of state, who believed that the growth of manufacturing threatened the values of an agrarian way of life. | |
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