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Henry Clay planned to fund the American System largely through what

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Tariffs and excise taxes

Tariffs are taxes on imported items, which can be beneficial to domestic industry by making goods from other countries more expensive

excise taxes are taxes on specific goods, for example whiskey was a good with a significant excise tax on it in that time period
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He planned to fund the American System largely through Sales of food and cash crops. Hope that helps :) I researched and learned it awhile back
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