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    Alexander Hamilton Hamilton was man who had everything going against him since the beginning. Unlike many of the other Founding Fathers, he did not have a privileged background. Hamilton was the only founder born outside the American colonies. He was an immigrant who had many disadvantages early on. Instead of settling for an unremarkable life, he did not let them stopped his ambition. His disadvantages only fueled his ambition. He was a smart man who was always in the pursuit of honor. Always outspoken

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    Alexander Hamilton was one of America’s foremost founding fathers. Hamilton’s work in the army, in the writing of and ratification of the constitution, his creation of the bank, and his successful political career all made an important impact on early american society, most of which can still be seen today. Although Hamilton accomplished so much in his short life, his last few years were filled with horrible sufferings that would greatly affect his mental health. This degradation of Hamilton’s mental

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    There are many unknowns regarding who Homer was. His date of birth and death are still a mystery to modern day historians, ranging anywhere between the twelfth to eighth century BCE. As to where he was born, no one knows the exact location. Although there are many mysteries revolving around Homer’s life, there is one known fact: his epics changed history forever. Homer’s epics are one of the only few artifacts historians have to learn about Homer, which can reveal a lot if read carefully. After

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    If we remember back to the last election, we can remember that the current president did not win the majority of the popular vote. Some have screamed that this is a miscarriage of justice, that it violated the concept of one person, one vote (Darling-Hammond). I argue that the system worked exactly as it was designed to. We have a very cumbersome election system in this country: a system that was designed for the very purpose of being cumbersome. The Founding Fathers could have created a system that

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    1775 and soon had distinguished himself during the Patriot attack on Quebec. He is credited with trying to evacuate the body of General Richard Montgomery who was killed in action. Later after the war, he defeated Alexander Hamilton’s father-in-law in a race for Senate, which made Alexander angry and caused him to turn on him. He also served as a state attorney in 1790, lost against Jefferson in a race for vice presidency due to Alexander’s actions in 1796, and eventually returned to the New York Assembly

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    Alexander the Great was an ancient Macedonian ruler and one of history’s greatest minds who as the King of Macedonia and Persia, established the largest empire the ancient world has ever seen. Alexander the third of Macedon, known as Alexander the Great was born on July 21, 356 BCE in Pella and was the son of King Philip the second of Macedon and Olympias, Philips 4th wife. (Verify information) It is belief that Alexander inherited a lot of his parent’s traits including the natural disposition of

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    trying to warn them that if there is splits in our nation that may be one of our downfalls, and have us plummet deeper into this crisis. Washington may have thought this was good to brush up on because there was a division in his very own cabinet. Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson were both part of different political parties, which ended up causing a lot of disagreement. Hamilton thought that the rich were the greatest part of our nation and Jefferson thought it was farmers and small landowners

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    Alexander Hamilton was one of the seven founding fathers. An immigrant who made his way into our history books and started impacting our country since the late 1700s. In this essay I’ll be talking about his life, why he’s important and who he impacts today. Alexander Hamilton was born on January 11, 1757 in Charlestown, Nevis. When he was young his father abandoned his mother and him. His father was born of Scottish descent, and left them because of debt. This caused his mother and him to work harder

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    The final decade of the 1700’s brought new challenges to the American government, one being the split of the Federal party. The split of the federalist was brought upon by the two different visions in which both Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson had for the future of the nation. The very first signs of the two different point of view could of been seen when the Judiciary Act of 1789 was passed and that of the Bill of Right. The Judiciary Act of 1789 reflected on the vision of the federalist

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    The Electoral College has been in place since the founding of our country and has been the system in which every president in the history of the United States has been voted into power. Put into place so southern states with a extremely light voting population during the time of slavery wouldn’t revolt and would have a more significant impact in politics than otherwise1, the Electoral College has 538 electors total and requires a 270 majority in order for a nominee to become president, with each

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