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Why Is Alexander Hamilton Wrong

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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 create its government our country was nearly bankrupt, Alexander Hamilton knew how to finance superbly so our country would not fall into ruin.
Alexander Hamilton was born in Nevis which in the British West Indies. The exact date of when Alexander Hamilton …show more content…

When Hamilton first became the captain of the artillery unit, his first job was to recruit people for the unit. Using the last of his money he tried to buy the men he was the captain of the best clothes and equipment. He trained his men in the action of positioning, loading, and firing the cannons they would be using. Hamilton and his unit were placed under the command of Henry Knox. Henry was General Washington’s commander of artillery. Hamilton and his unit fought in the battle of New York. In the battle of New York General William Howe had an army twice the size of Washington’s army. Washington took notice of Hamilton when he was commanding his artillery unit in the battle of New York. Due to this Washington asked Hamilton to be his Aide-de-camp. An Aide-de-Camp is a personal assistant in the military. Hamilton did not want to become an aide-de-camp, he would have preferred to stay in the field but his artillery unit was almost gone due to illness and them deserting. Hamilton was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. Hamilton would serve Washington at his headquarters. Hamilton was not Washington’s only Aide-de-Camp, there could be up to six other aides at once. Hamilton spent very long hours writing letters and military orders. Only once when Alexander was an Aide did he see action, he was outside Philadelphia in 1777 scouting and he came under British fire. Hamilton grew to be friends with Marquis de Lafayette, he was a 19-year-old French noblemen. He also became friends with Colonel John Laurens, later in their life they would try to convince Congress to create a regiment of slaves who would become free if they served in the army. The Colonel was killed in a skirmish between the British in 1782. Most of all Hamilton became friends with George Washington. This friendship lasted more than 20 years. Due to this friendship Washington got to see how Hamilton thought and how good he was at

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