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Alexander Hamilton Influence

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Alexander Hamilton was born on January 11th, 1757 on the island of Nevis in the British West Indies. In 1766, Hamilton’s father had left St. Croix where he had moved the family and went back to Saint Kitts, leaving behind his wife and two sons. From that time a presbyterian clergyman gave Hamilton a basic education. At the time of his mother’s death, he had become an apprentice clerk in a mercantile establishment, where his proprietor became a benefactor to his education as he noticed Hamilton’s intelligence and ambition. In 1773, Alexander Hamilton had enrolled at King’s College, later to become Columbia College and University, yet was halted in his studies due to the revolution. As war had broke out, Hamilton had accepted artillery captaincy and battled in the principal campaigns of 1776-1777’s. Hamilton won the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and had …show more content…

At the time the country was facing enormous domestic and foreign debt due the Revolutionary War. Hamilton’s view was always to strengthen the central government but many loyalists opposed his ideas saying government should not hold so much power. Among Hamilton’s suggestions were repayments of war debt and a federal tax proposal. On June 20, 1790 Hamilton and Madison reached an amicable agreement that the capital would be moved near the Potomac and Madison would no longer block Congress in an attempt to strengthen a more central government over individual states’ rights. In 1795, Hamilton stepped down from his position as Secretary of Treasurer. However, he had many successes and left knowing America was in a stronger economic position and forming a more stronger federal

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