ALEXANDER HAMILTON

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• I believe that Alexander Hamilton fits all of the requirements for going into the history hall of fame.

HAMILTON'S HUMBLE BEGINNINGS

• Hamilton was the son of a poor women and her lover.
• His father abandoned him and his mother when he was still a toddler.
• He got his first job at age 11, where he impressed his boss so much, he and other employees saved up enough money to send him to America for an education.
• He left to join the war cause instead of graduating college.

HAMILTON'S MILITARY SERVICE

• Hamilton joined the Revolutionary War instead of finishing college.
• He became lieutenant colonel and caught the attention of George Washington.
• He became Washington's assistant and advisor.
• He became inspector general and was second in command in the army.

HAMILTON'S ROLE IN POLITICS

• He convinced George Washington to hold a constitutional convention.
• He wrote the majority of the federalist essays.
• He became a leader of the Federalist Party.
• He was the first secretary of the treasury.
• He proposed the idea of a federal bank and national debt.

HAMILTON AS A LAWYER

• He started studying law after the Revolutionary War.
• He defended loyalists who where being harassed and who lost their homes in the war.
• His law experience helped him become better at politics.

HAMILTON CHOSES THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

• Hamilton convinced other federalists to vote for Thomas Jefferson, as he was a better candidate.
• Burr got angry that Hamilton made him lose the race and challenged him to a duel.
• Hamilton's bullet missed, but burr's fatally wounded him.

CITATION LIST

• "Alexander Hamilton." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 16 Dec. 2015.
• The Works of Alexander Hamilton, etc., etc, John C. Hamilton, ed., New York, 1850-1851, Vol. II, pp. 156-301
• The Works of Alexander Hamilton, Henry Cabot Lodge, ed., Vol. IV, New York, 1885, pp. 26-282
• The Correspondence and Public Papers of John Jay, Henry P. Johnston, ed., New York, 1890-1893, Vol. I, pp. 191–193.