Hamilton

overlooked and underappreciated Founding Father is Alexander Hamilton, who is known for defending the U.S Constitution during its ratification, serving as the first U.S. secretary of treasury and being involved with the first sex scandal of the country. Alexander Hamilton was born on January 11th, 1755, although historians disagree on this birthyear as it could also be 1757 due to some dating on a few documents. In his later years of life, Hamilton would only give his age in multiples of ten,…

musical Hamilton, in 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…

Hamilton or Jefferson Hamilton and Jefferson were both in political parties. A political party is a group of people that make decisions about what is best for their community. Even though they were n a political party; they were not in the same one. Hamilton was in the federalist party. Their beliefs were mainly about the economy; he supported tariffs, a solid relationship with Great Britain, and, above all a national bank. Jefferson was in the Democratic-republican party. The…

Alexander Hamilton was born in Charlestown,St.Kitts, Nevis on January 11,1755, yet some speculate he was born in 1757 because it was the year used by Hamilton’s family and himself . He was raised in squalor. Alexander’s father left him when he was ten, and his mother died when Alexander was twelve. Alexander and his brother, James, went to live with their cousin, who killed himself few months later. By 14, Alexander was in charge of a trading charter. When he was 17, a hurricane destroyed his…

whose face everyone knows, is Alexander Hamilton. Alexander Hamilton was known as many things, a lawyer, soldier, statesman, and the very first Secretary of the Treasury in the U.S. His actions, not only helped form the First National Bank, but helped develop America’s first political party. Because of his role in the nation’s history, Alexander Hamilton is most likely recognized as the man on the 10 dollar bill. But who is he behind all these titles? Hamilton was born in the late…

Hamilton begins this essay by restating that it is an absolute fact that the present confederation, because of the manner in which it has been set up, is the "parent of anarchy," and that the delinquencies of the states of the Union are the "natural offspring" that will lead the country to civil war. From this point, Hamilton proceeds to hypothetically go through the consequences of a lack of a large, standing, national army. In Hamilton's opinion, the end would be a war between the states…

“Alexander Hamilton, a political tyrant of the 1790s, gave Thomas Jefferson no other recourse but to form his own political party to oppose the Federalist Party’s repressive policies.” This historian’s interpretation of Alexander Hamilton and the Federalist Party is biased and not factual. Hamilton was not a political “tyrant.” However, he was a strong-willed and obstinate individual. In addition, the Federalist Party did not have “repressive” policies. Alexander Hamilton and the Federalist…

bill creating a national bank for a term of 20 years, leaving President Washington up for thinking about the banks of constitution. He finally decided to sign the paper saying that a bank was necessary for the nation’s financial well-being. Hamilton then decided to help out infant industries. Where governments may enact import duties, tariffs, quotas and exchange rate controls to prevent international competitors from matching or beating the prices of an infant industry. He hoped to break…

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…

conflict between Hamilton and Burr that led to their famous duel. Many of those actions could have been avoided and would have had a different ending. Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton: An American Musical and Joanne Freeman's article, Understanding the Burr-Hamilton Duel both include ways it could have been avoided. Once the conflict began, Hamilton and Burr could have avoided the duel, by Hamilton listening to Burr's advice, if Burr hadn't taken Philip Schulyer senate seat, and if Hamilton had…