First Bank of The United States - Relation To Hamilton's Other Economic Policies

Relation To Hamilton's Other Economic Policies

In 1791, The first Bank of the United States was brought into being as one of the three major financial innovations proposed and supported by Hamilton, first Secretary of the Treasury. In addition to the national bank, the other two measures were establishment of a mint and imposition of a federal excise tax. Three goals of Hamilton's three measures were to:

  • Establish financial order, clarity and precedence in and of the newly formed United States.
  • Establish credit—both in country and overseas—for the new nation.
  • To resolve the issue of the fiat currency, issued by the Continental Congress immediately prior to and during the United States Revolutionary War—the "Continental".

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