Essays on Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton was a smart hard-working man, you may know him as being one of the Founding Father of the United States, but do you know where he came from and what he did to get there? Let me tell you. Alexander Hamilton was born…

It’s not a common thing for a man to be a secretary of treasury, be in the military for many years, and die after a duel from a bullet. Yet, this is how the life of Alexander Hamilton went. Hamilton was a very interesting and…

“How does an orphan son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence, impoverished, in squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar? The 10 dollar. Founding father without a father. Got…

Introduction When dusts settled from the famous Revolutionary War, the new victorious nation need a government that can runt eh country well, better than King George could of. In that, two individuals rose with great political ideas that they didn’t know would leave such a…

While issues surrounding monarchy are practically nonexistent in America today, the point Hamilton makes here is nonetheless relevant to our society despite being over 200 years old. Democracy, in Hamilton’s time, was an achievable ideal; the American Revolution was the result of many Americans agreeing…

We all have attributes that define who we are and our ability to impact and crucial historical people appear to be no different, especially in the early republic and exploration phase. The advantage that history provides is it provides strong specific examples of people with…

In American Stories, in the final paragraph of the “Alexander Hamilton” section of Chapter Seven: Politics and Society in the Early Republic, Mr. Ripper writes: “Emotion – as expressed in moral and ethical terms of right and wrong – guides politics, central to the election…

The Electoral College is essentially a group of people tasked with voting on the next President. When the people go to vote on November 4th, they are not actually choosing the next President because presidential elections are not a direct democracy where the people directly…