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Subject: Financing the United States Government
Category: Reference, Education and News > Teaching and Research
Asked by: katcarr-ga
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Posted: 16 Nov 2002 09:38 PST
Expires: 16 Dec 2002 09:38 PST
Question ID: 108912

What methods were used in the 1700's; 1800's; 1900's to finance the
United States Government?

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Subject: Re: Financing the United States Government
Answered By: legolas-ga on 16 Nov 2002 10:46 PST

Hi katcarr,

There is a very comprehensive article on how the government has been
financed from 1790 - 1990 at:

http://www.emory.edu/COLLEGE/ECON/faculty/
curran/Research%20Ideas/Wallis.pdf

Prior to 1776, the US was a British Colony and therefore an "American"
government didn't exist.

If you need clarification, please ask prior to rating this answer. 

Thanks!

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Clarification of Answer by legolas-ga on 16 Nov 2002 10:49 PST

Oops.. sorry.. the URL got a tad messed up.. Here it is again:
http://www.emory.edu/COLLEGE/ECON/faculty/curran/Research%20Ideas/Wallis.pdf

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