Andrew Jackson believed that our freedoms under the Constitution would be protected if we, the Americans, did not let the federal government get to big and overstep their boundaries. For instance, Jackson said that we need to put a stop the effort to “induce” the general government to exceed their power of taxing people, because if not these high taxes could place unnecessary burdens on people who were already struggling. Mainly, pointing out the agricultural and your laboring classes (pg. 208). Jackson also stated that even though we want to “enlarge” the general government, we are also giving them the power to overstep their boundaries; boundaries that were clearly listed in the Constitution (pg. 208). He believed that if the government did try to overstep their boundaries it would lead to a domino effect. Jackson wanted to keep the general government small so that they would hold true to Constitution and the principles that this nation was founded on.
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He believed that the people would get money hungry and create a “monopoly”, by taxing the poor uncontrollably just to make this nation richer (p. 210). With this high taxes and tariffs, there would be more burdens placed on the American
He believed that the people would get money hungry and create a “monopoly”, by taxing the poor uncontrollably just to make this nation richer (p. 210). With this high taxes and tariffs, there would be more burdens placed on the American