Alexander Hamilton

What was the 3/5 compromise?

A compromise reached between the delegates of the Southern and Northern states during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention

What an interesting fact would you like to relay?

Alexander Hamilton and his son were killed under the same circumstances and at the same location. Hamilton started working at the age of 9 and got his education to become a doctor. He became attracted to the world of politics. Hamilton wrote an article about politics at the age of 17.

What was the name of your estate?

Alexander Hamilton didn't hold any large estates.

What were your thoughts about the Constitution and the need for a Bill of Rights?

Alexander Hamilton felt the need to have a strong, political authority for the new government and he thought that the Bill of Rights was dangerous.

Were you married? What is your wife's name? Did you have any children? How many? How many girls and how many boys? Did they all survive?

Alexander Hamilton was married to Elizabeth Schuyler and he had 8 kids, 6 boys and 2 girls. Hamilton's son Phillip died in a duel and his youngest son was named after him.

What were your contributions to the United States after the Constitutional Convention?

Alexander Hamilton's biggest contribution to the Constitutional Convention was the introduction and defense of the Hamilton Plan.

Did you own any slaves?

Alexander didn't own and slaves personally

Where were you born?

Charlestown, Nevis

Where are you a federalist or anti-federalist ?

Federalist

Have you lived there your whole life ?

Hamilton moved to St. Croix after his father moved his family there and then he went back to St. Nevis. But his children and wife stayed in St. Croix.

How did you die?

In a duel with Aaron Burr

What did your father do for a living?

James A Hamilton was lawyer

When did you die?

July 11, 1804

What was the "Connecticut Compromise?"

The Connecticut Compromise proposed a solution to the heated debate between larger and smaller states over their representation in the newly proposed Senate.

What was the Constitutional Convention? Did you attend?

The Constitutional Convention was a meeting held in Philadelphia to discuss the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation and Alexander Hamilton arrived May 25th and got deported June 30th.

What was the Virginia and New Jersey plan? What were they and did you support them?

The Virginia plan consisted of 15 resolutions that proposed a structure of government to the Constitutional Convention. The New Jersey plan consisted of 11 resolutions that offered an alternative option to the Virginia plan. Hamilton's plan didn't support the New Jersey or Virginia Plan.