Describes the economic situation in the earliest years after the United States became independent and explains how Alexander Hamilton's work for the new Constitution and as the first Secretary of the Treasury helped to stabilize conditions.
As one of the founding fathers of the United States, Alexander Hamilton impacted our history. In our country's infancy, the economy was fragile. Our financial fragility might have toppled the young government. During Hamilton's term as the first secretary of the treasury, he authored an economic plan to help this young country solve the economic problems it faced.