Why did Alexander Hamilton propose a 5 percent duty on imported goods as the American Revolution wound down?

What will be an ideal response?


To expand the power of the confederation congress

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The Sacred Expedition was under the command of

a. Father Serra. b. Pedro Fages. c. Captain Gaspar de Portola. d. Captain Fernando Rivera y Moncada.

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In 1733, John Kay of England introduced

A) double-entry bookkeeping to western Europe. B) the flying shuttle to automate weaving. C) the steam machine. D) the potato to European agriculture.

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What was the greatest cause of the new middle-class values, tastes, and social patterns that emerged during the late nineteenth century?

A) the City Beautiful Movement B) reform movements to assist the urban poor C) the creation of middle-class suburbs with like-minded people D) the nativist movement

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The most formidable enemy of the Ottoman Empire was

A) Persia. B) France. C) India. D) Austria. E) Russia.

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