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Mcculloch V. Maryland

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Introduction: The case McCulloch v. Maryland was one that began in the state of Maryland, and eventually was decided upon at the national level, via the Supreme Court, in 1819. It would assert national supremacy over that of state action in areas where the constitution granted forms of authority.
The issue was brought to hand when the state of Maryland placed a tax on bank notes of the Second Bank of the United States. National banks were instituted in every state throughout the country. The reason that there was a Second Bank of the United States within Maryland because the First Bank of the United States had closed down years prior. National banks provided individuals and state banks with certain issues such as bank

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