How Was Alexander Hamilton Involved With The Federalist

History 121
1 November 2013
How Alexander Hamilton Was Involved With the Federalist Papers During the middle of 1700’s, Americans were unhappy with British rule, to show their unhappiness they established the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence was ratified on July 4, 1776. After the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation were passed but had a weak central government because congress could not levy taxes. Therefore, the government did not have any money to help improve the new nation. This weakness led to the Constitution and the Federalist papers. The Constitution was signed by 55 men meeting in secret in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to establish a new political system. The Federalist papers were created to convince at least nine of the 13 states to ratify the
He fought along side with General George Washington in Long Island New York, and led a successful raid for British cannon in the Battery. General Washington was impressed with Hamilton’s intelligence, and promoted Hamilton to Lieutenant Colonel as well as his personal secretary at Washington’s aide-de-camp. Hamilton eventually became one of Washington’s most trusted advisers (The Famous People, “Alexander Hamilton”). On December 14, 1780 Hamilton married Elizabeth Schuyler, the daughter of General Phillip Schuyler, at Schuyler Mansion in Albany, New York. A year after Hamilton’s marriage, he quit aide-de-camp, served in the Continental Congress, and shared his opinions about the weakness of the national government (The Famous People, “Alexander Hamilton”). Hamilton decided to convince Congress they needed a strong central government and many people opposed his ideas of a strong central government because they were worried that the central government may have too much