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    today. Speaking up about an important topic is crucial to change, even if there is only one person with the opinion. Alexander Hamilton, for example, gave a whole speech concerning why a super-powerful central government was vital, yet he still was the only one, at the end of his speech, to have this belief. But he didn’t let popular opinion persuade his ideas. This is why Hamilton is important to the country’s history. His outgoing and confident personality and strong beliefs for America helped him

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    Alexander Hamilton was born on January 11th, 1757 on the island of Nevis in the British West Indies. In 1766, Hamilton’s father had left St. Croix where he had moved the family and went back to Saint Kitts, leaving behind his wife and two sons. From that time a presbyterian clergyman gave Hamilton a basic education. At the time of his mother’s death, he had become an apprentice clerk in a mercantile establishment, where his

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    Alexander Hamilton Alexander Hamilton was a great man that will be remembered for being a great major general of the armed forces of the United States of America. As well as the secretary of the treasury. In 1769, at twelve years old he had a job as a clerk in a general store and Alexander dreaded spending the rest of his life there. He wanted something more for his future. He wished for a war to occur. He wanted to prove himself to be more worthy then a clerk. To his thinking, only some brilliant

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    The Federalist Alexander Hamilton was born in the British West Indies. Hamilton grew into poverty while developing his educated life. When Hamilton was a young adult, he fled to New York and attended Kings College. He soon became an aide for General George Washington during the American Revolutionary War. Once George Washington was selected the First President of the United States of America, Washington had a close relationship with Hamilton and he elected Hamilton to be the Secretary of Treasury

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    It was the second week of Junior year for the unfortunate threesome of Alexander Hamilton, Hercules Mulligan, and Gilbert ‘who can remember the rest of my 200 names’ Lafayette when it happened. Soul mates were imbecilic in Alex’s opinion, and he didn't keep quiet about his say on it. He had never had any other person’s writing appear on his arms, although it would be hard for anyone else to tell with how many notes he took on his own skin. He tried not to complain about the ‘system’ to much around

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    The final decade of the 1700’s brought new challenges to the American government, one being the split of the Federal party. The split of the federalist was brought upon by the two different visions in which both Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson had for the future of the nation. The very first signs of the two different point of view could of been seen when the Judiciary Act of 1789 was passed and that of the Bill of Right. The Judiciary Act of 1789 reflected on the vision of the federalist

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    Federalist #15: “The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union” Alexander Hamilton wrote most of the Federalist Papers and each of them had something new to add to the argument for the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. In his paper “The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union,” Hamilton discussed the major problems with the Articles of Confederation. To get a deeper understanding of Hamilton’s paper, one must examine its strengths and weaknesses

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    Cabinet Battle #1 refers to Alexander Hamilton’s fiscal program and the opposition presented by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. All three men were key players in the first federal administration and the fiscal policies proposed by Hamilton. As Congress quickly moved to establish departments to run state affairs, the first President George Washington appointed Jefferson as secretary of state, Hamilton as secretary of the treasury and Madison held a seat in the House of Representatives. (Faragher

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    Alexander Hamilton was one of the greatest founders of our country. He wrote the majority of the federalist papers, was George Washington’s personal assistant during the war, and he founded our Nations Treasury. You may not know this but Alexander Hamilton is on the 10-dollar bill. it is mistakenly thought that only presidents appear on money. that is wrong because Alexander Hamilton was not a president. Without Alexander Hamilton our country may have fallen into ruin. when America was trying to

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    Megan Schwartz Mrs. Anglin 10th Lit 4 October 2015 Alexander Hamilton The men who founded our country all left a legacy, however one stays forgotten. Alexander Hamilton, who fought for equality and founded our economic system, acts as the only founding father who didn’t live to tell his story. As one of the best authors of his time, his writings still live on today as a major source of our country’s history. Alexander Hamilton permanently altered the country’s political system and as the youngest

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