A. Hamilton did see the tariffs (taxes) very low, but he wanted them to be high so he created excise taxes on whiskey, which then angered many of those who love whiskey :)) getting drunkkk in the 1800s
Throughout history there are many instances of certain races believing they are superior, and in some extreme cases this leads to campaigns of genocide such as the Holocaust. The Holocaust and similar events were caused by extreme racism and prejudice. Hitler and the Nazis saw themselves as superior to all others, such as the Jewish, Gypsies, handicapped, and many others
Polk instructed Slidell to make an offer that the U.S. would pay off Mexico's debt in order to acquire "Upper California and New Mexico" and would spend as much as $40 million to purchase the land. . . . the war he fought against Mexico . . .
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