Because they had to pay for more materials to rebuild there buildings after the war
The reason is very simple - profit.
The rabbits were not worth much to the Europeans, but were to the Aztecs, but the cocoa beans for the Europeans were like gold. They were a very attractive exotic product from which unique and unseen things were made. In the European market the cocoa beans had enormous price, and the demand for it was very high especially from the aristocracy which loved it and didn't speared money for it.
Alexander Hamilton was a member of the federalist party. Hamilton believed in a loose interpretation of the Constitution. This means that he believed that the central government should be allowed to make any laws and use its power in any way that is not expressly forbidden by the Constitution.
