Thomas Jefferson argued that the U.S. should adopt the Spanish dollar as the official unit of account because

a. so many colonists came from Spanish-speaking nations.
b. it was based on the decimal system.
c. it was less prone to inflation than other units of account.
d. it was the unit of account used in most European countries.


b. it was based on the decimal system.

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