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Money for the New Country A New Nation (1776-1830)

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	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 5 to 7
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	9.03

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		excise, happening, ownership, historical, dealing, artillery, based, teens, luxury, further, education, attend, beginning, economy, leader, unfair
	content words:		Revolutionary War, United States, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, New York, Kings College, Continental Congress, Boston Tea Party

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Money for the New Country By Sharon Fabian

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¹     The American colonists had just won the Revolutionary War. The country known as the United States was just beginning. The colonists and their leaders had all kinds of plans about what they wanted their new country to be like. They had ideas about services that the new government could provide here at home. They had ideas about how the new government should deal with foreign countries. George Washington, the leader of the new nation, was ready to begin putting plans into action.
 
²     One thing the new country did not have yet was money. Then, just like today, the government would need money to begin work on any of its plans.
 
³     That is where Alexander Hamilton came in. Alexander had been dealing with money since he was a little boy working in his mother's store. As a teenager, he worked for an international trading company where he had the opportunity to learn all about foreign trade. He learned fast and took on some of the responsibilities of managing the business while still in his teens. In 1773, he was sent to America to further his education.
 
⁴     Hamilton arrived in America at the same time that major historical events were happening. Hamilton came to New York to attend King's College at the same time that the Continental Congress was meeting. Soon, he heard news of the Boston Tea Party. He studied both sides and then decided to join the colonists.

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A New Nation
(1776-1830)

A New Nation (1776-1830)

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United States

United States

American Government         Black History and Blacks in U.S. History         Children in History         Government Careers         Hispanic Heritage         How Can I Help?

Immigration         National Parks and Monuments         Native Americans         Presidents of the United States         Women's History

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United States History

A Nation Divided (1840-1861)         A New Nation (1776-1830)         After the Civil War (1865-1870)         American Revolution         Cold War (1947-1991)         Colonial America (1492-1776)         Lewis and Clark (1804-1806)         Pearl Harbor         Spanish American War (1898)         The 1890's         The 1900's         The 1910's         The 1920's         The 1930's

The 1940's         The 1950's         The 1960's         The 1970's         The 1980's         The 1990's         The 2000's         The Civil War (1861-1865)         The Great Depression (1929-1945)         The United States Grows (1865-1900)         The War of 1812         Wild, Wild West         World War I (1914-1918)         World War II

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50 States

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