The Accomplishments Of Alexander Hamilton

The orphan from an island in the middle of the Caribbean who came to America alone. The young boy who wrote his way out of every tough situation. The man who was given many chances to write during his service in the war, but consistently insisted that he should fight, not write. One of the Founding Fathers of America, who created America’s financial system single-handedly. Alexander Hamilton is an important figure who did not get enough credit for his achievements until recently, when Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote a Broadway musical about his life. Hamilton achieved greatness despite coming from nothing, which is something every American can do as long as you “do not throw away your shot” (Miranda, Lin-Manuel). Alexander Hamilton’s early life
He was also a soldier in the war against Britain. Hamilton became captain of the First Battalion in the Fifth Field Artillery Unit (“Timeline: Alexander Hamilton Chronology”). His skills on the battlefield attracted the attention of General George Washington and Hamilton became his right hand man, helping with winning the war. Being friends with George Washington lead to him being appointed to the Treasury Department during Washington’s presidency. He made a famous deal to put the National Bank in New York City, while allowing for the nation’s capital to be near Virginia (Miranda, Lin-Manuel). In 1787, he wrote the Federalist Papers with James Madison and John Jay, which were a series of essays that were anonymously published to defend the Constitution. They had planned to write twenty-five, but ended up writing a total of eighty-five essays in six months. Hamilton wrote fifty-one of these essays on his own (“Timeline: Alexander Hamilton Chronology”). Washington resigned from his presidency later on in order to set the nation up for a better future where one person would not be able to be in power for too long. Hamilton married Elizabeth Schuyler in 1780 because the Schuyler family was a common symbol of wealth and power. During his marriage to Elizabeth, he had an affair with one Maria Reynolds and her husband would consent to this if Hamilton paid him quarterly. Hamilton agreed and used money he embezzled from the government.
People think that the world is against them, always knocking them down despite all of their hard work. If one believes that it is someone or something else’s fault that he/she has not achieved the American dream, then he/she will not achieve the American dream. One has to realize that people will knock him/her down, but if he/she does not choose to try harder than before, it is only his/her fault that he/she did not achieve the American dream. Social inequalities do not bring a person down unless that person chooses to let them do