Plymouth County, located along the western shores of Cape Cod Bay: 1  Plymouth, the shire town of the county and capital of the colony. This was the original 1620 settlement of the Mayflower Pilgrims, and continued as the largest and most significant settlement in the colony until its dissolution in 1691.
President Andrew Jackson opposed the Second Bank of the United  States because he believed that it held too much power without  accountability and undermined the rights of s â¦ tates.resident Andrew Jackson opposed the Second Bank of the United  States because he believed that it held too much power without  accountability and undermined the rights of s â¦ tates.
Jackson issued the Specie Circular to force the payment for federal lands with gold or silver. Many state banks collapsed as a result. A panic ensued (1837). Bank of the U.S. failed, cotton prices fell, businesses went bankrupt, and there was widespread unemployment and distress.