Thomas jefferson was on john greens chalkboard !!
According to google, Mercantilism was a popular economic philosophy in the 17th and 18th centuries. In this system, the British colonies were moneymakers for the mother country. The British put restrictions on how their colonies spent their money so that they could control their economies.
The Vietnam war made congress decide <span />
There wasn't enough money in circulation to support a healthy economy.<span> And was a result of the bank failures that followed the stock market crash in 1929</span>