Alexander Fleming

During the fifth century, Greek has direct conflict with the Persian Empire, the struggle known as the Persian Wars (500 – 479 B.C). In 480 B.C, ten years after Darius’s defeat, his successor Xerxes sent a big naval and military force to subdue Greece. After being famously delayed by Spartan troops under the leadership of king Leonidas at the Thermopylae, the Persian army succeeded in capturing and burning Athens, but the Greek fleet lead by Athenians defeated the Persian navy at the battle of…

Machu Ricchu Machu icchu a site that was slipped away and forgotten. It was site that was conceived to have been a collection of lands and a sacred religious haven for Inca leaders. In the 16th century the whole civilization was wiped out by the Spanish intruders. For hundreds of years this site remained undiscovered ever since the event occurred no one was able to stumble upon it until one American archaeologist, Hiram Bingham found it unexpectedly on an expedition in 1911. The site was…

brevity, I will describe the factors behind three of these events: the Burr-Hamilton duel, Madison’s outright abhorrence towards assumption, and Washington’s retirement. The interview at Weehawken. Early on the morning of July 11, 1804, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr met as they had previously arranged and exchanged pistol shots. Who fired first was and still is not clear, but Hamilton was mortally wounded by the encounter. Why did these men have such a strong dispute that made them…

The author, Joseph J. Ellis thesis is that John Adams and Thomas Jefferson's differences, formed our modern political system we use today. The author uses many main points to support his thesis, one main point was that they were an incongruous pair, but everyone seemed to argue that history had made them into a pair. A few more main point were that Adams’s strategy was to trade on the famous Adams-Jefferson friendship and to suggest a bipartisan administration, Jefferson was the reason…

his early life he was an orphan. Alexander Hamilton was born out of wedlock in the West Indies. His mother died and his father abandoned him. Hamilton did whatever he could to get where he wanted to go no matter the cost of consequences. He grew up very poor from the West Indies and married into a family with money to a woman named Elizabeth Schuyler. He had a son named Phillip that he was not a part of his life because he was fighting the war in America. Alexander Hamilton was an active…

Civilization was an inevitable turn for humanity, what with our love of organization and categorizing. However, despite the fact that humanity itself has existed for well over 25,000 years, civilizations did not emerge until around 3500 BCE. Before this existed what are known as early agricultural societies, which are quite different from the later-blooming early agricultural civilizations. The civilizations differed from each other as well, whether pre-classical versus classical or certain…

Have you ever wondered how this country came to be? The country was created by our founding Fathers. Alexander Hamilton was 1 out of the 7 founding fathers. Hamilton went through many rough patches but never gave up. This essay will tell you about Hamilton’s childhood, his rise to the top and how he changed the USA for today. If you were to look at Hamilton’s childhood, chances are you’d think his odds were very little to none. He was born on the island of Nevis in the British West Indies. His…

well that the 2016 election is unique. When compared to the election of 1800, it is actually still difficult to refute those beliefs. While the election of 1800 surely had its own impactful scandals, such as rumors of Jefferson’s slave mistress or Alexander Hamilton, the leader of the Federalists at the time, publicly admitting to having an extramarital affair, they did not occur in the same numbers as those in the 2016 election. In fact, the sheer number of scandals caused by Trump’s…

Sunday, September 18, AHI Charter fellow and beloved Hamilton College History professor, Douglas Ambrose, spoke on “Alexander Hamilton and the Perils of Posterity”. With incredible eloquence, wit and energy he delivered a generous assessment of the honorable luminosity that Alexander Hamilton demonstrated in his public life. It inspired me to write further on Hamilton’s legacy. For Alexander Hamilton, to be seen as trustworthy in the eye of the common people was paramount. For thinkers like…

Secretary Alexander Hamilton believed that our new country’s federal government should be more powerful. However, Hamilton 's views faced strong opposition by many, such as Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson and House Representative James Madison. He believed it more wise to provide more power to individual states. The two emerging parties deemed themselves with names that reflected their most treasured values. The Federalists attached themselves to the flourishing campaign in favor…