Aaron Burr begins the song by narrating in amazement and slight jealously as Hamilton becomes a successful lawyer who is sent to the Constitutional Convention at age 30 to write two-thirds of the eighty five Federalist Papers. Hamilton had been President Washington’s aide-de-camp at the time of the American Revolutionary War but now had to be a part of a different type of battle to get New York to support to US Constitution which was drafted at the convention in …show more content…
The Papers’ primary goal was to to influence the vote in favor of ratifying the Constitution. Hamilton, Madison, and Jay kept were fast and effective writes, writing three or four new essays in the papers per week.The high demand for the essays led to their publication in a more permanent form. The Papers were written towards New York so they too would support the ratification of the Constitution. Hamilton was a talented writer who knew how to appeal to his audience, A.K.A the people of New York. But this task was the most difficult of the entire process, because many state leaders and citizens feared that a strong national government would violate the freedom they had recently won from Great Britain.
Non-Stop begins very upbeat and varies throughout with rapping and catchy melodies with a constant drumbeat in the background. Lin manuel does an amazing job of fusing hip hop and a the broadway sound to make the perfect song that can tell such an important part of the musical. This is why it is such a crucial song on the whole play. It includes George Washington