Alexander Hamilton, the first financial genius of the United States, overcame tremendous childhood odds to lead America through its early monetary decisions and foundations in the time following the American Revolution. ... After the Revolution, the U.S. economy was about $50 million in debt, economic growth was slowed by competitive tariffs between states, American shipping struggled to recover from war, and the Continental Congress was unable to impose taxes. Foreign investors were fearful of the American economy, and American manufacturing lagged far behind Europe [http://xroads html]....

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But Rousseau's mature thought also recognized the potential benefits and advantages of society's chains as long as they were in place as protection for the general good as the people declared it. ... The American Revolution today can be summarized as the uprising of American patriots against the British rule's unfair taxation to the colonies. ... The obvious danger of such economic control initiated a full-blown assailment against wealth, peculiarly lead by some of the richest men in America such as Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, and George Was...

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