Originally Posted by
nynco
There was global trade at the time of Hamilton too. In fact that was one of the main reasons for the revolution. The crown had set up a system of tariffs and manufacturing restrictions that prevented the US from manufacturing. We fought for the right to control our own markets. We fought for the right to determine how we as a nation would set our own tariff and trade system to control our manufacturing destiny from what we perceived as an outside force bent on impoverishing us. Kinda like today with the WTO dictating our trade policies.