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    Alexander Hamilton was one of the youngest founding fathers. He was the chief staff aide to George Washington. In his early life, he was born in the West Indies. Alexander had a lot of family problems between his father and mother and had a rough childhood. He wanted to make a change and start his life in a better direction, so he got his first job at the age of 11 as an accounting clerk. He very quickly impressed his employer by his knowledge of international commerce and how to handle money. At

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    The Truth About Hamilton Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton gave viewers a musical that portrays its protagonist as an idealistic American hero. Throughout the musical, Alexander Hamilton fights against the British, defends the U.S. Constitution, and works for a better America. Even though he did do all these things, the musical does not include some of the downfalls of Hamilton’s philosophy. In reality, he also believed in a monarchial system of government, disliked the lower class, and was not the abolitionist

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    Americans are aware of the profound impact Alexander Hamilton had on our nation’s development with his creation of multiple, important institutions. Hamilton, a true Founding Father of our nation, is primarily accountable for the design and establishment of Federal institutions, especially for the financial system which helped form the states into a nation. These creations of his helped put this nation on its path toward an industrial economy. Hamilton wanted a manufacturing economy founded on

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    Alexander Hamilton accomplished many great things during his life. He was an orphan who rose up from his circumstances to sail to America and start a new life where he could make a difference. Hamilton was an acclaimed writer, the first Secretary of the Treasury, an accomplished military leader, and the right hand man of General and President George Washington. Beyond that, he was a patriot who believed in the American dream and made sure that America would remain the free country it is today.

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    what Alexander Hamilton once said. He worked in the military for a length of time and worked under many of the greats. He had many contributions to the way the country was then and even now. He was one of the greatest contributors to our country even though he was not recognized as much more than a cheating, lying, lawyer back in his time. Alexander Hamilton was very important during the Revolutionary War and afterwards for many different reasons (“Alexander Hamilton, American”). Alexander Hamilton

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    Alexander Hamilton was born on January 11th, 1757, in a spot in the Caribbean that it’s now called Charlestown, Saint Kitts and Nevis. His childhood was what you consider “not ideal”. When he was ten years old, his father had left his mother, Rachel Fawcett Lavien. Alex then got hired at his first job when he was 11, but then another disaster struck. Alex and his mother fell ill. Alex recovered after sometime, but his mother died. He and his brother, James Hamilton Jr., were sent to go live with

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    tragedy and pain, his death becoming the most famous duel in American history. Born between 1755 and 1757 and orphaned at a young age, Alexander Hamilton climbed the social ranks from a poor immigrant born in the small Caribbean island of Nevis, to one of the most prominent founding fathers of America. Through several scandals and the harsh criticisms of his enemies, Hamilton made incredibly important contributions to American history. He was instrumental in the ratification of the United States Constitution

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    Morgan Sifinski Professor Nelson HIS 131 November 20th, 2017 Alexander Hamilton Alexander Hamilton. A soldier, constitutionalist, reformer and much more. Alexander Hamilton was said to have played a part in virtually every major event that created America. During his time on earth Hamilton had many great accomplishments.Hamilton worked many different jobs but never left the to another until the original was finished. This proved to show that he was an earnest hard working man. He filled many different

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    Alexander Hamilton, was born January 11, in either 1755 or 1757, the exact date isn’t precisely known. The British West Indies was where he called his first home, as a child, and his mother, until she fell ill and died in 1768 at the age of thirty-eight, raised him. His first job, as a clerk in a mercantile in St. Croix at the young age of eleven, introduced him to global trade, including slave trade, and learned the importance of money as well. When he was sixteen, he left for New York in search

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    Alexander Hamilton Legacy

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    powerlessness to powerfulness manifests itself within the story of Founding Father, Alexander Hamilton, in Lin Manuel Miranda’s transformative musical, “Hamilton.” In “Hamilton”, Alexander Hamilton exhibits a struggle to establish a legacy for himself while in the pursuit of power—grappling with the burdens of a life full of struggle and a constant need to prove himself worthy to others and to himself. To establish this legacy, Hamilton demonstrates an ambition for power unlike most others in the musical, while

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