The Hamilton Tariff was the second statute

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 ever enacted by the new federal government of the United States

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 by a vote of the first U.S. Congress. Most of the rates of the revenue tariff

Tariff

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 were between 5 and 10 percent, depending on the value of the item. Secretary of the Treasury

United States Secretary of the Treasury

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 Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

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 was anxious to establish the tariff as a regular source of government revenue and to encourage the growth of domestic manufacturing to lessen America's then-heavy dependence on foreign-made products. It also established the United States Customs Service

United States Customs Service

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The Hamilton Tariff and much of Hamilton's financial plan can be attributed as one of the causes of the schism in the Federalist Party. It facilitated the growth of Northern

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 manufacturers by having the imported goods absorb the federal treasury's financial needs but harmed Southern

Southern United States

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 farmers by making foreign-made products more expensive. This factor was one of the major causes of the Civil War

American Civil War

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