The enactment of the Hamilton economic plan by Congress in July 1790 represented a political loss for all of the following interests EXCEPT
A) states like Virginia and North Carolina that paid off most of their own war debts.
B) veterans who had sold their government promissory notes at depreciated rates during the 1780s.
C) speculators who had bought government promissory notes at depreciated rates during the 1780s.
D) small farmers who had benefited from inflation.
Answer: C
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