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Members met in Philadelphia pa to straighten the federal gov
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When the undeclared war broke out between the U.S. and France president John Adams asked congress to raise money to fund the army and navy.
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While Americans where writing new federal constitution Pennsylvanians were becoming dissatisfied with there state constitution
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Andrew Hamilton, secretary of the treasury, proposed a series of taxes to raise revenue for the new government
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The treaty of Paris had officially ended the revolutionary war between the United States and Great Britain but British ships still harassed American ships on th ocean
