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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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    Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson were important figures in the creation of America’s first Political party system in the 1790’s. During 1790’s, Alexander Hamilton became the secretary of the Treasury Department under the first president George Washington and he was a supporter of the Federalist Party. On the other hand, Thomas Jefferson became the secretary of the state during Washington’s presidency. The name of the political party Jefferson supported was the Republican Party. Republican

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    Alexander the Great In history Alexander the Great is always one of the topics to learn, and one of the most asked question is what did Alexander do to be so great. Alexander might have been born great to achieve greatness or have greatness thrust upon him and this one of the reasons we still talk about him today. Alexander the Great took the crown at the age of 20. When he was only 13 Alexander tamed a horse that no one else could ride that was named Bucephalus which impressed his father. At the

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    Olympia, Alexander III , also known as Alexander the Great, was the king of Macedonia from 336 - 323 B.C.E. Students usually learn about Alexander sometime in high school but he is often referred to as Alexander the Great in education. Was he really all that “great” though? This is the question that many students and educators are beginning to ask themselves. Often remembered for shaping the course of history during the Hellenistic Era due to all of his extraordinary achievements, Alexander the Great

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    Greek Intellectual Values

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    living and flourishing. Many of the views on society and the way they believed a society should be run overall, impacted the way civilizations are run today. Some of the civilizations that helped to develop this were Greece, Rome, the Maya, and Alexander the Great’s Empire. This age helped develop different political, cultural and intellectual values. Many of these developments began in Athens, but other city-states also played an important role. One of the political values Greek civilizations developed

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