Washington's First Term - The Debt Assumption Fight
About this episode
This episode discusses the debt accumulation from the revolutionary war and Hamilton's plan to address it during Washington's first term.
America still is buried by the accumulation of debt from the revolutionary war. Secretary of Treasury Hamilton has a plan.
People in this episode
Host: Jacob Edwards-King
Topics covered
- debt assumption
- Hamilton's plan
- revolutionary war debt
- Washington's presidency
- early American government
Keywords
- debt
- Hamilton
- Washington
- revolutionary war
- government
- finance
- history
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