Hamilton's next objective was to create a Bank of the United States, modeled after the Bank of England. A national bank would collect taxes, hold government funds, and make loans to the government and borrowers. One criticism directed against the bank was "unrepublican"--it would encourage speculation and corruption. The bank was also opposed on constitutional grounds. Adopting a position known as "strict constructionism," Thomas Jefferson and James Madison charged that a national bank was unconstitutional since the Constitution did not specifically give Congress the power to create a bank.
Hamilton responded to the charge that a bank was unconstitutional by formulating the doctrine of "implied powers." He argued that Congress had the power to create a bank because the Constitution granted the federal government authority to do anything "necessary and proper" to carry out its constitutional functions (in this case its fiscal duties).
In 1791, Congress passed a bill creating a national bank for a term of 20 years, leaving the question of the bank's constitutionality up to President Washington. The president reluctantly decided to sign the measure out of a conviction that a bank was necessary for the nation's financial well-being.
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Anasazi
Algonkian
Iroquois
Settlement
Large cliff dwellings
Tribal settlements of wigwams
Villages of longhouses
Food source
Farming
Hunting and fishing as well as farming
Farming
Geographic area
Southwest United States
New England through the Mid-Atlantic coast
Inland New England and Mid-Atlantic as well as Canada
End of civilization
Unknown
Many conquered and died of illness due to European settlers. Many were also assimilated into Iroquois tribes.
Some tribes still around today as independent entities. Others were disbanded by the Canadian and American governments.
Artifacts
Baskets and pottery
Smaller hunting items, such as arrowheads, and cultural influences on settlers (such as farming corn, beans, and squash).
Government ideas influenced American government formation.
In 1854, the controversial Kansas-Nebraska Act, split two
existing political parties the Whig party and Jacksonian Democrats and led to
the creation of the Republican party. Kansas-Nebraska act overturned the Missouri
compromise and allowed settlers to decide whether slavery would be allowed in
their state. This led to the creation of the Republican party founded by anti-slavers
whose primary objective was fighting slavery.
Explanation:
The Declaration of Independence refers to rights as being unalienable. What does "unalienable" mean? cannot be surrendered. Why were taxes an ongoing source of conflict for the American colonists
