The Federalists, under Hamilton, and to an extent Washington, believed the complete opposite: a strong government, with a strong central leader is necessary to maintain the political and economic success of the newly formed nation. ... The topic of assumption of state debts by the federal government illustrates the broader argument of federalism versus republicanism, and has continued as an American economic disagreement many years after the American Revolution. ... Alexander Hamilton, a passionate Federalist, proposed to Congress in January 1790 that the federal government assume all of the s...

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This was a huge issue because America had some very large debts to pay off and its government had little ability to raise revenue; therefore there would be no way to pay off debts unless the states used taxes to pay of debts individually. ... Morris and Alexander Hamilton devised a dangerous plot called the Newburgh Conspiracy in order to relieve the panic. ... European governments closed off nearly all American trade with the colonies. ... Because the government was so weak, a man by the name of Daniel Shays led farmers in rebellion against the government to correct the chaos in America. ...

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David McCullough closely examines a year of near-mythic status in the American collective memory: 1776. ... " It was also the year that the American Revolution began in earnest and was nearly lost. ... McCullough is not content to focus solely on the Americans, however. ... In this struggle, the Americans fared less well than in Boston. ... Alexander Hamilton and his men surrounded Nassau Hall on the Princeton College campus, where some two hundred British were garrisoned, capturing them all. ...

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