Andrew Hamilton

Hamilton is an award-winning Broadway musical that tells the story of a lesser known Founding Fathers, Alexander Hamilton. The project evolved from a single song performed at the White House Poetry Jam in May of 2009 to an internationally renowned musical over the past 8 years. The musical first ran off-Broadway and officially opened on Broadway in August of 2015. It quickly became one of the most popular musicals of the year and has since won a Grammy, the Pulitzer Prize for drama, 11 Tony’s…

Adams Vs Jefferson is the gripping account of a turning point in American history, a dramatic struggle between two parties with profoundly different visions of how the nation should be governed. The federalists, led by Adams, were conservatives who favored strong government. The Republicans led by Jefferson, were more egalitarian and believed that the federalists had betrayed the Revolution of 1776 and were backsliding toward monarchy. Jefferson and Adams continued to serve the country they…

The Federalist Party was first founded in the early 1790’s and it lasted until the 1820’s. They eventually merged into the National Republican Party. The majority of the Founding Fathers were Federalists, including people such as: Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison. The Federalist Party formed in response to the need for a strong central government they felt was necessary when drafting and ratifying the Constitution. After the Constitution was ratified, they Federalist’s remained largely in…

In “Hamilton: An American Musical”, Hamilton uses his passion for America’s freedom combined with his writing expertise to achieve his goals and establish America as a functioning, free country. Before he was able to contribute to America’s government, Hamilton first had to help win the revolutionary war. From a young age, he was very interested in joining the revolution and fighting for freedom. In “My Shot,” 19-year-old Hamilton states, “Don't be shocked when your hist'ry book mentions me / I…

Alexander Hamilton, one the founding fathers and the first secretary of the treasury was born in the West Indies and traveled to the colonies as a teenager. His mother Rachel Faucette, died when Alexander was just eleven years old from a fever they both had. As for his father, James Hamilton left when Alexander was young. After the death of his mother, his hometown worked together to raise funds for him to get the colonies, starting with his former boss, Nicholas Cruger, who was sending him to…

In "The Federalist 15", I noticed that Hamilton comes at a second person approach by making the readers of his paper included so he could appeal to them and it would, in turn, persuade the readers to follow his ideals. Hamilton was focusing on getting his fellow citizens to support the new constitution and " kick out" the "Articles of Confederation". His reasoning was because the government was weak at the time and without a new government, the new country would fall apart. Given that the…

disagreements show why they play a part in this. From these actions and friendships the author gives these men and woman the consideration that they deserve. To begin with, Ellis considers George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, James Madison, and John Adams the “Founding Fathers” of our country. Ellis also includes Abigail Adams, who is married to John Adams because she played a huge role in his life while he was involved with politics. Together,…

Born on April 12, 1777, Henry Clay was a devoted nationalist.. He was very influential in the United States sectional conflict, economic prosperity, and development of its infrastructure. When Clay was 4 years old, his father died and he was considered an orphan, even though his mother did not die until 1829. Clay only had three years of formal education, yet the Virginian still became a lawyer by self educating himself. At the age of 20 years, Clay migrated to Kentucky to begin his career as…

Filling the cabinet with tension, Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of Treasury, and Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State, brought upon new challenges for American politics in the eighteenth century, when they brought two very incompatible visions of what they hoped America’s future would look like to the plate. Additionally, their political and economic differences greatly…

articles written in our nation’s history that helped establish and ratify the U.S Constitution, were a series of documents written from 1787 to 1788 by some of the nation’s greatest historical figures. These archival documents written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison are known as the Federalist Papers. The Founding Fathers intended to write these 85 articles and essays with the sole purpose of influencing and urging citizens of the new great nation to agree and ratify the new…