Assertion: u.s.'s state | /r/CapableOf | promote manufacture
Facets:
value: from foreign nations
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: for defense needs
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: These rates were primarily designed to generate revenue to pay the annual expenses of the federal government and the national debt and the debts the states had accumulated during the American War of Independence and to also promote manufactures and independence from foreign nations, especially for defense needs.