... between Spanish Florida and the United States, and the Treaty of Greenville, where "the Indians surrendered huge sections of their lands, thus ending a struggle that had consumed a major portion of the government's revenues for years"(Text 161). Washington did not enjoy these burdens of being president but was given the job by a unanimous vote. He once said, "by god he had rather be on his farm than to be made emperor of the world"(Text 151). Washington let the nation fall under the influence of one of his cabinet members, a clever tyrant named Hamilton. Hamilton was in favor of the upper class having control over the new empire. He did everything in his power to insure the upper class acquired the benefits of securities, tariffs and subsidies. "He deliberately intended his plan to give a special advantage to the rich...whereas the general taxpayer, particularly the farmer, would pay ...

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