Formation of Government - Economic
In 1789 Alexander Hamilton, under a suggestion by Madison, created the first tariff in Americas history. The country was in debt from the war and needed money but did not want to directly tax the people. They also did not want to tax exported goods for fear of destroying local businesses. So Hamilton created a tariff on imported goods so all ships importing had to pay a percentage of their cargo's value to the government. This especially angered southern farmers because much more than the north they depended on imported goods, mainly traded for what they were able to export. But now with this act they were not able to get as much out of the trades. This further disolved the "relationship" between the federalists and the anti-federalists.