The revolutionary war was a vast event that markedly impacted my life. The war took place from 1775 to 1783. In 1775 war erupted between America and England, but rapidly died out in 1776. That year, New York also claimed its independence. The major general for the entire war was George Washington, which is later why his colleagues named him president in 1789. Alexander Hamilton came to America in 1776, in which he pursued a war to prove orphans were worth more than anyone grasped. There was no war going on at the exact moment he came. He became friends with Hercules Mulligan, Marquis de Lafayette, John Laurens, and Aaron Burr, Burr also being an orphan. When war broke out, they all joined up. Burr was interested in being George Washington’s
