What would America in 1776 have looked like if the words within the Declaration of Independence had been taken literally? How different (or the same) do you think our country
would be in 2021 had the words been taken literally?

both are true, the congress does have the power to create banks, even if this power is not specifically described in the constitution, since there is nothing restricting it and there is power given to the congress to make "all laws which shall be necessary and proper". maryland was not allowed to tax a branch of the national bank operating there, and the supreme court decided that no state could. both of these topics were discussed in a decision of the mcculloch v. maryland case in 1819.