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Why did Thomas Jefferson oppose re-chartering the Bank of the United States in 1811?

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That was because Thomas Jefferson was poor when he was a child and he couldn't trust the banks with his money because he had none.
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Jefferson felt that the central bank favored commercial and industrial interests over agricultural interests.

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