and accomplishments of Alexander Hamilton. His achievements started from the early age of fifteen and would be life long into him becoming a founding father. Alexander Hamilton would play a big part in the Revolutionary War including becoming an important political fiqure in the US government. From a young age Alexander Hamilton showed that he was a successful individual.Alexander was born in Nevis‚ a modern day Caribbean island‚ on January 11‚ 1755. At age 12 Alexander served as an apprentice
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the company. Musical notes begin and the theater becomes silent as they watch closely. Hamilton: An American Musical is an incredibly popular show and has made many changes to broadway. Broadway shows used to not be appealing to every generation‚ but since opening night of Hamilton‚ it has a whole new meaning. Musicals have been interesting to every generation since the two acts about a founding
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Hamilton vs. Jefferson During the Revolutionary- Federalist Era‚ politics‚ parties‚ programs‚ policies‚ and people made an enormous difference in how the new nation should be structured and run. During this era‚ two men in particular championed politics and their respective parties. These two men were Alexander Hamilton‚ a Federalist‚ and Thomas Jefferson‚ a Democratic-Republican. Both Hamilton and Jefferson were successful college educated intellectuals and politicians who made significant contributions
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Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr meet at Weehawken on July 11‚ 1804 to end the long rivalry between both of them. The collision between Hamilton and Burr in 1804 was clear that they came from family backgrounds that have contributed to their rivalry. Burr was born into a prestigious social status and Hamilton being an illegitimate son of West Indian parents and had no connection. Therefore‚ he married Elizabeth Schuyler. Where his father-in-law was a Senate and in 1791 G. Philip Schuyler lost
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The United States was founded without political parties‚ but differences in the ideologies between the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists formed a basis for two new parties‚ formed around two very important men. Alexander Hamilton‚ the leader of the Federalist Party‚ and Thomas Jefferson‚ the leader of the new Democratic Republicans‚ shared many different visions for the future of America‚ stemming back from their days on George Washington’s cabinet. As the country flourished‚ and these two became
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Alexander Hamilton in The Federalist 6 argues that countries who do not unite overall are bound to fail. The weak central government that was currently established could not prosper or even survive according to him. He wrote that “A man must be far gone in Utopian speculations who can seriously doubt that‚ if these States should either be wholly disunited‚ or only united in partial confederacies‚ the subdivisions into which they might be thrown would have frequent and violent contests with each other”
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treaty‚ promising mutual military support if either country were to get in another war with the British. There were two main groups that formed due to the different opinions of what the U.S. should do during the time of war. Thomas Jefferson‚ and Alexander Hamilton both were heads of forming the major political party groups. There were people who supported Thomas Jefferson’s political point of view‚ and they were known as Democratic Republicans. They thought that the U.S. should help the French. Jefferson’s
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America is facing a national crisis in terms of producing enough college graduates to sustain our new STEM-driven economy‚ and the current model is admitted outdated‚ according to an official at California State University (Shockley). Americans must ask themselves how college dropout‚ Alexander Hamilton would have been able to succeed in his time with the requirements we place on college educations today? The answer is no. Americans have allowed the wonder and excitement that has come with pursuing
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Alexander Hamilton once said “A nation without a national government is‚ in my view‚ an awful spectacle.” The federalist papers are a collections of letters‚ articles‚ and essays that set out to change people’s mind about the Constitution. The Federalist papers had contributors like Alexander Hamilton‚ John Jay‚ and James Madison who were in favor of a strong National Government. There was a wide spread outcry that the Constitution would infringe on the authority of the states. In the subsequent
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In Paper #1 of the Federalist Papers‚ Alexander Hamilton calls on the American public to engage in a process of “reflection and choice”. By this‚ he means that he would like to see Americans foster political reflection in a public sphere. The face-to-face debate clubs and small-scale pamphleteering described by Benjamin Franklin in The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is much more effective at promoting political reflection in the public sphere than the current mass media. The small-scale efforts
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