Alexander Hamilton

           

            Alexander Hamilton was born out of wedlock in the West Indies. When his mother died he became an orphan and he was adopted by a local merchant. At a very young age people began to recognize his talent and potential and collected money to send him to New York for schooling. They were right in saying he had potential because he ended up being one of the founding fathers of the United States and he helped the United States get on its feet (financially) after the revolution. He faced a chaotic treasury because of the heavy debt of the of the Revolutionary War, Hamilton's first interest when he took office was the repayment of the war debt in full.  He implemented a system of taxation based on customs duties and the taxation of goods. Hamiltons attack on the debt and well-planned out ideas were respected by many other countries. He also introduced the idea of a bank and first established one in 1791. He is now obviously on the $10 bill and him and Benjamin Franklin were the only people to be on Currency without actually being presidents. 
           
           When he attended Kings college (now Columbia) He was exposed  to the Revolution at a young age because of all the protests outside. He later immersed himself in artillery tactics and military maneuvers. He joined the New York artillery in march 1776

He was a natural born leader like George Washington. He was never an actual general but A Scholar noted: "Hamilton's abilities as a conscientious and business-like leader were evident from his earliest days of military service. He not only had to recruit and train his own men; he also had to see that they were fed, clothed, and paid. While many young New Yorkers may have fought the enemy as bravely as Hamilton did, few battled the local authorities so stubbornly to provide for their troops." 

Hamilton also created one of the first major parties in American history: the Federalists. Federalists wanted a large federal government and anti-federalists wanted a weak federal government. 

            He was later elected to the Continental  Congress in 1782-83. Hamilton also was appointed a member of Congress. He worked closely with fellow New Yorker, Governor Morris, in financing the fledgling national government. 

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