Algeria was a French colony back in the day, so obviously no colonial country would want any of its colonies to gain independence. Just take a look at Britain and America - America consisted mostly of colonists from England who then decided they wanted freedom to become a separate country. Algeria used to belong to France, which means that all of its resources and money also belonged to France, which is something it didn't want to lose.
Hamilton wanted to add the taxes for the whiskey and Jefferson didn't want that tax. This tax was so America could get out of debt. Hamilton got his way untill people started rebelling. Then Jefferson made sure that when he became president that he would repeal or remove this tax.
