Hamilton's Proposal Concerning the Assumption of State Debts Became Law

question 38

Multiple Choice

Hamilton's proposal concerning the assumption of state debts became law as a result of which of the following?

• A) A political deal was struck by which the site for the nation's capital was to be on the Potomac River.
• B) Having served under President Washington's command during the Revolutionary War, several opponents of the plan switched their votes out of a sense of duty.
• C) President Washington met privately with Madison and Jefferson, and convinced them that their opposition to the proposal was divisive.
• D) A joint Senate-House subcommittee agreed that those states that had paid their debts would be taxed at a lower rate than those whose debts were being assumed.

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Lacrimal Apparatus

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