After the Revolution, the new United States faced a competitive disadvantage in that the status of industry nationally was relatively weak as compared to European industrial powers.
As a result, Alexander Hamilton wanted high tariffs as a painful jump start of an industrial boom in the United States. The thinking was that if tariffs were high, US citizens would respond by making a similar product in the US.
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Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, was a well-known French philosopher in the early 1800s. Baron de Montesquieu wasn't directly involved in the development of the United States Constitution, but his views on government were integral in providing the framework for the separation of powers.
They created the intolerable acts. These were a set of acts that restricted the colonists. This caused anger and contributed to the start of the American Revolution.
