Question

why did states like virginia and north carolina not want to help the federal government pay off debt?
10 points
leaders in those states interpreted the declaration of independence differently.
those states did not have very many war debts and thought the idea was not fair.
those states had many war debts than others and thought the idea was not fair.
leaders in those states had refused to ratify the constitution and were in rebellion.

why did many southern state residents want to move the capital city out of new york? 10 points
the believed that the national debt was too high
they believed that the foreign debt was too high
they believed that it gave northern states too much influence
they believed that it gave southern states too much influence

thomas jefferson and alexander hamilton had similar ideas about the about the authority of the central government and cooperated their entire time together.
10 points
true
false

Explanation:

1. For the first question: Virginia and North Carolina had already paid down most of their own war debts, so they saw the federal government paying off state debts as unfair because it would mean their tax money went to cover other states' larger debts.
2. For the second question: New York was a northern city, and Southern residents felt the capital being there gave northern states disproportionate political and economic influence over the federal government.
3. For the third question: Jefferson favored a limited central government and agrarian society, while Hamilton pushed for a strong central government and industrial economy; they were ideological rivals, not aligned on central government authority.

Answer:

1. Those states did not have very many war debts and thought the idea was not fair.
2. They believed that it gave northern states too much influence
3. False