Alexander Hamilton, the first financial genius of the United States, overcame tremendous childhood odds to lead America through its early monetary decisions and foundations in the time following the American Revolution. Alexander Hamilton was born in 1755 on the island of Nevis in the British West Indies. ... Alexander Hamilton got his first financial experience while working as a clerk and bookkeeper at a store operated by his mother. ... While at King's, Hamilton wrote anonymous pamphlets for newspapers and exhibited a solid grasp and knowledge of the British and American governme...

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Background The conflict that took place in the 1790's between two impacting founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton shaped the nation we know today. ... Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were not merely on different issues that shaped the nation, but they were at the head of those differences. Jefferson distrusted the federal government, which he saw invading individual liberty, while Hamilton distrusted the people; Jefferson saw American as agrarian, while Hamilton saw it as industrious, and while Jefferson fought for strict interpretation of the const...

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Two of the men had Washington selected, Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson brought contrasting beliefs to the administration. At a young age of 34, Alexander Hamilton was selected as the Secretary of the Treasury. ... With his ideas of a strong federal government, Alexander's Hamilton political theories were rooted in a need for a powerful central power. ... He let Hamilton know of the opposition of the rest of the cabinet, and required Hamilton's viewpoint (Washington, p.276). So, on February 23, 1791, Alexander Hamilton sent his opinion on the National Bank to President W...

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Joseph Ellis presents the personalities of John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington beautifully and in tremendous detail. ... " In "The Duel," Ellis describes the legendary shootout between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. ... Burr, thinking that Hamilton fired at him, shot and killed Hamilton. In the second chapter, "The Dinner," Ellis exploits a secret compromise between Alexander Hamilton and James Madison in the scene of a dinner party hosted by Thomas Jefferson. ... He hoped to negoti...

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The first chapter is the only chapter put of order intended to capture the reader's attention by telling a gripping story of a duel that took place between Aaron Burr an Alexander Hamilton on the plains of Weehawken. In short what transpired was that Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton had an argument in which Hamilton initially called Burr despicable for changing his political views to become governor of New York. After some further insults given by both parties Burr challenged Hamilton to a duel. ... America was fractured and each state was separated by ideals and ideologies. ... Ellis w...

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Not only did he serve as a role model for countless soldiers during America's Revolutionary War, but he set the pace for Presidents of the future. ... Prior to the beginning of the American Revolution, Washington devoted most of his time to training his fourteen thousand troops. ... However, after making it through the hard winter at Valley Forge, Washington soon realized that France had finally recognized the independence of America. ... Even though Washington's plan to defeat the army of Sir Henry Clinton was terminated by American General Charles Lee's lack of enterprise, Was...

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Although both members of George Washington's cabinet in the US government both Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson held very different views on representation and whether or not it should, or did, promote popular rule. In 1787 Hamilton said "in all communities there are the few and the many. ... He believed that without the educated supervision of the richer people, the American public were a dangerous thing, politically and socially. ... The American people would not have any say in the policies enforced by the government. ...

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After holding his bedraggled and dispirited army together during the difficult winter at Valley Forge, Washington learned that France had recognized American independence. ... Although the lack of enterprise of American general Charles Lee ruined Washington's plan to strike a major blow at the army of Sir Henry Clinton at Monmouth, the commander in chief's quick action on the field prevented an American defeat. ... Hoping to keep sectionalism from dividing the new nation, he nevertheless failed to heal the widening breach between factions led by Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson a...

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During the time the American Revolution, Washington managed his lands around Mount Vernon and served in the Virginia House of Burgesses. ... The biggest body of British troops in America had been defeated. Britain gave up all of its territory in America, except for Canada, to the newly formed United States. ... John Adams was Vice president, Henry Knox was Secretary of War, Alexander Hamilton was Secretary of the Treasury, Thomas Jefferson was Secretary of State, and Edmund Randolph was Attorney General. ... "Hamilton, Knox, Jefferson, and Randolph each asked Washington to continue as presi...

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David McCullough closely examines a year of near-mythic status in the American collective memory: 1776. ... " It was also the year that the American Revolution began in earnest and was nearly lost. ... McCullough is not content to focus solely on the Americans, however. ... In this struggle, the Americans fared less well than in Boston. ... Alexander Hamilton and his men surrounded Nassau Hall on the Princeton College campus, where some two hundred British were garrisoned, capturing them all. ...

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