HIST 2600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Xyz Affair, The Greatest Battle, Monroe Doctrine
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He served as washington"s secretary of the treasury and was his right hand man. He was only 20 when the revolution started. He joined the continental army, and became s close aid quickly. He became an almost son to washington, exercising influence over washington"s policies. When washington became president, he was thus appointed secrets of the treasury, and he used this to establish an economic vision. He was born in the west indies in 1745, coming to the cosines at the age of 17 in order to study at columbia. He was seen as brilliant, charming, handsome, and quite hungry fro fame and power. He proved a sweeping agenda for the development of the economy. He wanted to strengthen the nation against foreign enemies, and lessen the threat of disunion within the nation. The underlying key to both of those was to develop american industry and a building of infantsructure within the.
