I went home with a friend on the 27th and the 28th of December. We took a friend to Philly by train, and on the train I saw the Philly landscape there was a church, which meant the settlers, brought different religions with them. When we got to the train station, we had to walk in the cold! We walked past the building where George Washington lived when he was president. He was the first president and Philadelphia was the first capital! Then we got to our destination. Which was the first Mint in the US! We watched money being made. She told me that this was a coin factory and that there are only two money making factories in the US that are open to the public. They used to pay people with bits of silver and every state had different money. Until a person named Alexander Hamilton said. “We are one country, we should have one currency instead of different”. Now we have big factories which make one kind of money.We also went to Ben Franklin's grave.
What would have happened if the U.S. had not changed our money and every state had a different currency?
It's so cool you got to go see the first Mint! I really want to see money being made.
ReplyDeleteI imagine, that if the US did NOT have one currency, we would not have developed into the strong country that we are today. One currency make us look united, feel united and BE united.
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