Two of the greatest American Political figures during the revolutionary era of the U.S were Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. Despite being such icons and both being revered by historians today, they were actually rivals. This could have been due to the conditions they were born and raised into, the same conditions that would shape their political outlooks as well. To see how their life developed how and why they became such iconic political figures, we must analyze both Hamilton’s and Jefferson’s lives up to the point whence their careers turned to politics.
Alexander Hamilton and George Washington had a strong relationship from 1776 to 1801. The two first met in 1777 when Hamilton, then a twenty-two year old artillery officer, joined Washington's staff as his secretary. After the war, they built a strong relationship when Hamilton was Secretary of the Treasury for 8 years in the Washington Administration. Some have argued Washington was more important in bringing stability to the U.S. due to his leadership both during the War and in his time as President of the United States. However, Hamilton’s role in the Constitutional Convention was essential to ratification of the Constitution and establishing a strong centralized government. In addition, Hamilton was the Secretary of Treasury for the
Alexander Hamilton and his companions were full of zeal to change the society into an ideal world. They had faith in advocating greater members to pursue a free new nation. All of them wanted to change the world and leave something in the world for people to remember them. The story would never end as the ending of the Independence War. On contrary, their story would turn to be a shinning spot on the wall of
Alexander Hamilton played pivotal role in the war for American independence. He served for four years, some of it as a staff officer and some of it as a line officer. While working as a staff officer, George Washington began to consider him a trusted military advisors given that they both had a similar outlook on war. Hamilton and Washington worked hard and their units began to win battles together. One
Alexander Hamilton (born 1755 or 1757, died 1804) was perhaps the original American self-made man, an immigrant who rose from poverty to help establish the foundations of the United States. This Founding Father fought in the American Revolutionary War, was a leading voice in the [Constitutional](/history/us/documents/constitution/) Convention, co-wrote the Federalist Papers with [James Madison](/history/us/pres/madison/) and John Jay, and established a strong national banking system as the first US Secretary of the Treasury. Hamilton’s life was cut short in a duel with Aaron Burr, a former friend.
Alexander Hamilton was one of the founding fathers of the United States. Hamilton originally arrived in New York in 1773, having been sent there for an education. These early days helped shaped Hamilton’s political views as he was drawn less towards his studies and more towards politics. At the time he arrived in New York, the American Colonies were on the brink of a revolution. His main political and economic goals centered on having a strong central government. Hamilton used both writing and political sway to attempt to achieve this goal.
Hamilton: An American Musical retells the story of Alexander Hamilton, the first United States Secretary of the Treasury and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. With the aid of hip-hop and rap, Lin-Manuel Miranda dramatises Hamilton’s struggles and contributions during the American Revolution and the formative years of the United States. It is praised for its breaking of Broadway conventions, compelling characters and their interactions, beautiful musicality, and the progression of its plot. There are many that see this musical masterpiece as Hamilton’s true autobiography. However, it is not an accurate telling of historical events. Hamilton: An American Musical intentionally alters the truth of Hamilton’s tale as it misrepresents the historical figures of America’s birth, falsifies a romantic interest between Angelica Schuyler and Alexander Hamilton, alters details of certain distressing events, and paints the main antagonist, Aaron Burr, as a villain.
Alexander Hamilton vs Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton are two very different, yet similar, people. Jefferson grew up in Virginia to a well respected family, while Hamilton was born in the Caribbean Island of St. Croix, but moved to America when he at age thirteen to get a better education. They were both prodigies in writing, Hamilton wrote about a hurricane around eleven, amazing many people, and Jefferson was able to write eloquence with his pen, all throughout his life. Jefferson was born into a powerful family, owned slaves, and worked on a tobacco farm, while Hamilton married into a New York wealthy family, where he was noticed by General George Washington, and became his personal assistant. After watching
Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton weren’t always enemies considering Burr, Madison, and Jefferson all see the same issues with Hamilton, and all envy his connection to the president: “It must be nice, it must be nice to have Washington on your side” (201). Then, after “The Reynolds Pamphlet”, when Hamilton’s affair is exposed, Burr and Hamilton become true enemies. When Hamilton returns from mourning the loss of his son, and loss of his wife’s trust, he no longer supports Burr: “Jefferson has my vote” (260). The loss of a single vote wouldn’t be a threat to Burr, but Hamilton was once his friend, and the loss of his support is painful to Aaron Burr’s
Even after his resignation, Hamilton played a very important role in developing early American foreign policy. after John Adams took office, he didn't replace Washington's cabinet, and because of this the cabinet members stayed dedicated to Hamilton, and continued relying upon him broadly. This enraged Adams and Jefferson, and their hatred for Hamilton only grew larger. Hamilton's debut in the realm of international politics occurred in 1789, when the French Revolution erupted in Paris. Due to this war, George Washington was called upon to resume his generalship. Interestingly, he would only accept, if Hamilton was second in command. Because the United States lacked the resources to fight in the Napoleonic War, Jefferson agreed with Hamilton
“The kernel of truth in Hamilton’s distinction between personal and political criticism of burr resides here. In sense that is was an accurate statement of Hamilton’s assessment. Burr’s reputation as a notorious womanizer or as a lavish spender who always managed to stay one step ahead of his creditors did not trouble Hamilton.” The only thing that did worry Hamilton was the ominous fit between Burr’s political skills and the opportunities for mischief so clearly available in a nation whose laws and institutions were still congealing. “The problem with Hamilton’s distinction, however, was that the putative barrier between personal and political criticism, or private and public behavior, kept getting overwhelmed by real choices.” This was a crucial moment in developing America’s personality. Burr finally stepped up and did what was finest for the Nation. Hamilton’s personality was also essential for the hard situations. The personality difference was a huge significance, it made the founding fathers more substantial and have closer relationships with each
Hamilton’s political part was made up of federalists while Jefferson’s political party was made up of Democratic Republicans. Most of the federalits were upper class and were happy with what Hamilton beleived in. Most of the Democratic Republicans were the farmers and lowers class people. These two political groups were formed because of the differing views of these two men. Hamilton beleived that only the well-educated people should be able to vote whihc probably was the reason why so many well-educated people sided with him. Jefferson, on the other hand, thought that everyone had the right to vote no matter how educated they were, he thought thta it was all peoples right. Which is probably the reason why so many ill-educated people sided with him. This cause many arguments to happen to the new nation and cause the new nation to split up into two different political parties. Furthermore, Hamilton did not have much faith in the people, and also thought that if people did not become educated, the economy would fall. Jefferson thought of the opposite, he thought that it was the people who should govern themselves and beleived that the people would know what is best for the whole country. These political parties might have made many fights among the new nation but we still held
Politics The political standings of Hamilton and Jefferson were the foundation and beginning of their lifelong arguments and disagreements. Hamilton was the leader
Alexander Hamilton was born on January 11, 1755 in Charlestown, Nevis, in British West Indies. While working at a shipping company in Nevis, he gained recognition from local contributors who offered him a formal education. This led to Hamilton coming to New York at the age of seventeen (1772) to earn an education at Kings University, which is now Columbia University. During his college career, Hamilton caught an interest in American politics, specifically, the American Patriots. Eventually, he became a huge supporter of the patriots’ revolutionary movement against pro-British loyalists. Hamilton educated himself on the revolutionary movement enough to write political articles that legitimized revolutionary actions. These articles caught the attention of many people and political
The Broadway musical Hamilton is a phenomenal hip-hop musical telling the story of former U.S Treasurer Alexander Hamilton and how he came to the United States as an immigrant from the west indies finding his way up in the political world to becoming George Washington’s principal aide and later dying in a famous duel with Aaron Burr. The musical Hamilton follows the life of Alexander Hamilton an American founding father. The musical follows not only the life of Alexander Hamilton, but it talks about the revolution war, the relationship between colonies and England, and the lives of other men that Alexander Hamilton associated with such Thomas Jefferson, Marquis de Lafayette and Aaron Burr. The musical talks about the personal, political, and social struggles of living in the colonial America.