10-14-2011 response

Hamilton's view on the United States government being in control of the States debt in order to gain influence over them helped the United States and allowed credit to be established. The constitution allowed the government to pay off debts and put tariffs on foreign goods, as opposed to putting tariffs on homemade products, like the states were doing under the Articles' policy. This allows the National government to gain more power, but by being balanced at the same time. Hamilton was also in favor of the National Bank, in which he felt that it would not only build up businesses, but increase the power of the National Government as well. Hamilton, as you can see was all about building the National Government from the ground up, after the Articles of Confederation failed to improve the government.