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One of the pressing problems facing George Washington and his new administration was the economical and financial strains of America. The state government had accumulated a massive debt and with continued interest, was growing at astronomical rates. To the United States, the cost of Britain's victory in the Seven Years' War was immense and was the beginning of America's financial and economical down fall. How was America going to correct its economical and financial situation? …

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