What Are The Achievements Of Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton was born in 1755 and died in 1804. His father was James A Hamilton and his mother was Rachel Faucette Buck. He also had a brother named James Hamilton. Alexander was born in the British west indies and in 1772 when he was already a teenager, he got to the colonies. Immediately after his arrival, he enrolled in king's college (now known as Columbia university.) By 1774, he was writing revolutionary essays and speaking in public meetings. In 1775 Alexander Hamilton helped in the revolutionary war in and in 1776 he was made captain of artillery. From 1777-1781 Alexander Hamilton was a member of the Washington staff and he helped write the Federalist Papers from 1787-1788 and helped create the U.S mint in 1792 once the coinage act was passed in April 1792. The coinage act was the law that stated …show more content…
Besides his great achievements, he had a normal life as well. On December 14, 1780 he married Elizabeth Schuyler and had seven children their names were, John Church Hamilton, Eliza Hamilton, William S. Hamilton, Philip Hamilton, James Alexander Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton Jr and Angelica Hamilton. In 1801 when one of Alexander’s children, Philip Hamilton, was just 19 years old, he challenged George I. Eaker to a duel in his father's defense and died the next day at his opponents hands. Philip did this because Eaker had given a speech saying that Alexander Hamilton wouldn’t care if they were to overthrow Thomas Jefferson, who at the time was the president of the continental congress, by force. After the speech, Philip and his friend, Richard Price, decided to confront Eaker but Eaker just called the boys “damned rascals.” After that, Philip and Richard had no choice but to challenge Eaker to a duel the next day, where Philip died. The Hamilton family was distraught by Philip’s death and it was only three years later, in 1804, that Alexander Hamilton himself met his own tragic