United States.
Philadelphia.
In the hall of Congress Building, Hamilton stood at the podium, waving his right hand and declaimed loudly: "After 20 years, the arrogant British have once again crushed our trade rights, trampling our dignity underfoot!
"The Federal Government must at all costs maintain our commercial routes in the Caribbean Sea, and must adopt an absolutely tough posture, demanding that the British immediately release all illegally detained merchant ships, and promise not to continue intercepting or arresting our ships and crew!"
As the most hard-line representative among the American hawks, usually, the members of Congress would not react too strongly to his words.
However, this time the hall erupted with thunderous shouting, "We must be tough on the British!"
"Send a diplomatic protest immediately!"
"Free trade must not be compromised!"