Respect is meant in many different ways and means many different things to people. Depending on how you look at respect. For the U.S. Alexander Hamilton was one of our founding fathers, we had in total 7 founding fathers. Hamilton was the first Secretary of Treasury, in the U.S. So, we should respect him right, as a politician, as a founding father, and as a person? Many people would say differently based on who he was, how he was as a politician and a person. Hamilton, has done a lot of amazing things in his lifetime, and as our founding father. The first thing he did, that was impacting was set up our financial government. He created the first national bank, and helped what is now the stock market in New York. Alexander also fought in the revolution against the British with George Washington by his side. Alexander was Washington's right hand man, Alexander wrote for Washington. To congress to get more supplies when they were out numbered, out planned, outgunned and outmanned. Alex wrote to congress saying they were in desperate need of help. He also got John Laurens, Lafayette, mulligan and Aaron burr to join in the fight against the british.
One of his big events for himself was that he wrote himself out of poverty in the Caribbean islands, when things were going bad for him. His mom died when he was only 12 years old, his father left him right before he was born or right. And yet he made all of that bad turn into good. The city he lived in saw his writing and
Alexander Hamilton was one of the most influential figures to shape American finances. He made his contribution through the The Hamiltonian Economic Program. The goal of his plan is to improve the American economy through three steps. The first is to pay off the nation’s national debt in order for states to focus on business. This way maximum profit can be achieved. The second step is to place tariffs on imported goods to gain money. Lastly is to create a national bank in order to regulate money flow and currency. However, Thomas Jefferson strongly disagreed with Alexander Hamilton’s views which was evidently seen in the political parties, the Democratic Republicans and the Federalists. One of the main differences between the two is regarding the type of government America would have. Hamilton favored a strong federal government while Jefferson favored a small local government.
Alexander Hamilton was the most interesting figure in the American Revolution because he contributed many ideas that formed the America that we live in today. He was on on January 11, 1755. He started working at the age of 11 due to a rough childhood and history of father figures in his life. His mother was left twice by her husband and Alexanders’ father. They had no money and no other family so Alexander worked to support them both. His first job was working as a clerk in an accounting firm. His hard work inspired his boss and helped send him to get an education. When he was just 17, he wrote his first political article that sparked popularity for him. As the Revolutionary War started he enrolled and was made George Washington’s
Alexander Hamilton has taken part in many things , he was killed in a duel because of supporting Jefferson instead of Aaron Burr . He didn’t like the “rough draft “ of the constitution so he redid some parts of it ( i’m not sure what part(s) ) . Hamilton helped with dealing with the money in all of the banks and he also was the first secretary of treasury .
These men, Hamilton, Burr, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, Adams, and Madison, were important contributors to development of our country in many ways. Hamilton had tried to push policies, funding and assumption, in order to fix America’s debt problem with foreign and domestic debt and restoring America’s credit with European bankers. His policy for funding was passed, which also gave bonds that were given to soldiers but were now in rich peoples’ hands, credit. Burr was known as the father of modern political campaigning, as he helped drum up support for Jefferson during their run for the presidency. Jefferson had authored the Declaration of Independence and was also a good friend of John Adams. So good a friend, in fact, that when they were
Before the Revolutionary War had occurred, many people were coming to the new colonies to start a new life; one of the people was Alexander Hamilton. He had come to the colonies after impressing people in the Caribbean and who then sent him to America to get a better education (“Alexander Hamilton”). Hamilton was an important figure in American history, but very few today remember who he was and what he did. Alexander Hamilton took a stand against traditional government by writing against and battling the British, fighting for the new U.S. Treasury, and arguing for the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
In conclusion, Hamilton is a great influence on people today. Although he had a difficult childhood, he was able to push through and achieve many goals. Alexander played a big part in the government system we have today and impacted a lot of people. While he is not a very well known Founding Father, I think everyone should learn more about him. He was an ingenious man who fought for his country with great pride and influenced many people, helping to create the world we live in
Another thing that Hamilton had done was fight through the revolution as George Washington's right hand man and he was able to, after fighting, fund the nation's federal debt. The writer states “great achievement was funding the federal debt at face value, which rectified and nationalized the financial chaos inherited from the Revolution” (history.com Para. 5). We can tell that he fought through the war, risking his life to help America and eventually help America, even more, afterwards. After going through a tough life so far he was able to also become the nation's first Secretary of Treasury, which deals with the nation's debt and credit which he helped create. It states in the article “As secretary of the treasury” (history.com Para. 5). This just simply shows that he was able to become the Treasurer. Hamilton in total was a very good man, nevertheless, he had cheated on his wife and kinda caused the death of his son helped form America and is very awesome.
Did Alexander Hamilton play as important a role in our founding as history portrays? This short paper on Alexander Hamilton will outline his importance in the journey of the United States of America to become a free country and will also show the various ways he made this country successful by pioneering the formation of the American government.
Alexander Hamilton, recognized as one of the Founding Fathers of our country, had a great impact on the wars and political issues of his time. He presented himself as a well respected man and proved himself worthy of the tasks he was given. He impressed many people and played a substantial part in influencing where America stands today. Although his early childhood circumstances were difficult, putting him at a disadvantage, Alexander proved himself capable of achieving success all on his own, without the need of others’ assistance or provision. His efforts ultimately played a significant role in the founding of America.
Now before we get started with what Alexander has done for this country we have to start with his backstory, All good heroes all have a reasoning to what they do, batman tries to save people because he doesn't want people to suffer what he did as a child, Superman wants to save people because he couldn't save his family or planet, well Hamilton didn't want people to suffer like he did. Hamilton was born into a poor broken family, with his father leaving and
Alexander Hamilton, the man of the ten dollar bill, few are familiar with his views and actions regarding the survival of the young American Republic. Hamilton could be recognized for anything, from serving our country by fighting in the New York militia, to serving his community as a lawyer and as a national tax agent. Though most, people would agree his most important contribution to our struggling republic, was to lead with the project which formed the doctrine helping to establish the foundation in which modern democracy calls it, the Articles of Confederation.
During the Revolutionary War, he served as General Washington’s right hand man, writing Congress for supplies and convincing more people to help with the war effort. At the time he was only twenty-two. After the war he went back to New York and practiced law, quickly rising in status and influence. As it was decided that this country could not be sustained under the Articles of Confederation, the Continental Congress was formed, to which Hamilton was elected the New York junior delegate. “In 1786 he played the leading role in the convention at Annapolis, which prepared the way for the great Constitutional Convention that met at Philadelphia in 1787” (Rodger). His ideas and words were powerful among the framers of the Constitution. Even after the Constitution was written people were not sure if this document truly created the government they wanted. Without Hamilton’s brilliant turn of phrase, the US Constitution as we know it may never have been ratified. Hamilton led James Madison and John Jay in writing the Federalist papers defending the document to the public, writing fifty-one of the eighty-five essays himself. “He [was also] leader of the Federalist Party until his death,” a party that was created to form the style of government that still rules this country today; a system
America has long been considered a great, powerful country. From its beginning, the United States had the potential to be something revolutionary. The idea of a democracy was, in the 1700’s, strange. While many men are regarded as key elements in the birth of America, one man stands out, despite his sometimes being overshadowed by fellow Founding Fathers. Alexander Hamilton was an immigrant, soldier, and the first Secretary of the United States Treasury, among his other contributions to America. He had dreams for his adopted country and was highly determined to see them to fruition and create a new, remarkable nation. Alexander Hamilton embodies the characteristics of an epic hero because he was a great warrior, he was capable of great deeds of strength and courage, and he is a national hero.
George Washington had recognized Hamilton’s leadership abilities and promoted him as Lieutenant Colonel. He was also an innovator of military design, where he designed reports on the defects and how there could be improvement in the military. While Hamilton was working as an adviser for Washington, Hamilton had come to realize the Congress' weaknesses, including jealousy between states, which he believed came from the Articles of Confederation (http://www.ushistory.org/). In 1782, Hamilton was convinced that establishing a strong central government was the key to achieving America’s independence.
Alexander Hamilton, though, worked for a more complex economic system. He planned out a national debt, public credit, a national bank and a plan to pay off the debts the nation had accrued. He advocated to accept the old debts of the Articles of Confederation, war debts, and state debts under his economic policy because it gives the government some legitimacy, and it allows for the government to obtain credit from other countries easily.