Hamilton's first financial policies were intended to
a. finance the new government through the sale of western lands.
b. fund the national debt and to have the federal government assume the debts owed by the states.
c. repudiate the debts accumulated by the government of the Articles of Confederation.
d. insure that low federal taxes would spur economic growth.
e. guarantee that the dollar would become a sound and respected international currency.
Answer: B