AMH 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Jay Treaty, Northwest Ordinance, President Of The United States
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1787 - compromise demanded by southern states that said a slave counted as 3/5 of a person, increased the population of slave states, encouraged slavery to continue to exist. 1820s-30s- mass production in textile factories in massachusetts, importance: the first signs of the industrial revolution begin here. 1755-1804, secretary of treasury under washington, was a federalist and close friend of george. Washington, remade the financial system in america by tying economic power to national power, helped diversify the economy, created bank of the u. s. 1743-1826, a republican and third president of the u. s. , wanted a weaker central government and stronger state government, was cheap with government spending, cut taxes, believed in expressed powers only, made the louisiana purchase. Cyrus mccormick created the reaper(1831) for wheat through a horse drawn contraption, allows farmers to grow more wheat and make higher profits because they can harvest the wheat faster.