Why was Alexander Hamilton concerned about the US economy in 1790?

After the Revolutionary War, the national government owed substantial debts and had struggled to pay them under the Articles of Confederation. Hamilton worried that failing to meet those obligations had damaged citizens’ confidence in the government and its ability to manage the economy. The concern was not that citizens opposed debt repayment; Hamilton wanted the government to assume and pay the debts.

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