Alexander Hamilton

The Quebec Act

Act of the parliament of Great Britain which was seen as a removal of certain political freedoms

During the war, hamilton became close friends with

Marquis de lafayette, John Laurens, and a few other officers

Hamilton signed the first federalist paper as

Publius

The Corsicans were

a NY volunteer militia company that was later renamed the "Hearts of Oak"

Thomas burke proposed this in Febuary 1781

amendment to the articles to give congress the power to collect 5% impost (duty on all imports), which was rejected by RI in November 1782

Jonathan Ned Katz

speculated a homosexual relationship between Hamilton and John Laurens

The Corsicans drilled in

the graveyard of St. Paul's Chapel

James Hamilton signed his letters to Hamilton in later years as

"Your very Affectionate Father"

Hamilton may have authored _______ in 1774

15 anonymous installments of "The Monitor" for Holt's New York Journal

The battle of white plains and the battle of trenton occured in ______ around _____ and hamilton paricipated with ______ against the Hessians

1776, New York, New York Provincial Company of Artillery

This ended the revolutionary war

1783 treaty of paris

Thomas Stevens has been speculated to be

Alexander Hamilton's Biological Father

While Hamilton clerked at _____ he _____

Beekman and Cruger, developed an interest in writing and reading

King's College is now called

Columbia University

Rachel Faucette died in ______ from ______

Febuary 19, 1768, 1:02am, severe fever

In 1791, Hamilton was elected

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

In 1773 Hamilton studied with ____ to prepare for _______

Francis Barber at Elizabethtown, college

On May 10, 1775

Hailton won credit for saving his college president Myles Cooper, a loyalist, from an angry mob by speaking to the crowd long enough for cooper to escape

In October of 1772

Hamilton arrived on the mainland and attended Elizabethtown Academy, a grammer school in New Jersy

In autumn of 1773

Hamilton entered King's College in NYC as a private student

In July 6 1774,

Hamilton publicly appeared at the liberty pole in King's College to explain the rights and reasons that patriots had in their case against the british

In October 1782

Hamilton was licensed to argue cases before the supreme court in the state of New York

A Full Vindication of the measures of congress and The farmer refuted are

Hamilton's anonymous responses to Samuel Seabury

Historians believe Hamilton was born in 1757 because

His writings point toward 1757

After Hamilton was separated from James jr.

James apprenticed with a local carpenter while Alexander was given a home by Nevis merchant Thomas Stevens

Hamilton was born in

January 11, 1757 or 1755

Hamilton left his position as the secretary of the treasury on

January 1795

Rachel Faucette was previously married to

Johann michael Lavien on st.croix in the virgin islands

In St.Croix, Rachel Faucette supported her family by

Keeping a small store in Christiansted

The rejection of Thomas Burke's articles was followed by

Madison and Hamilton pursuading Congress to send a delegation to persuade RI to change its mind

Hamilton matriculated at King's college in

May 1774

After the battle of princeton, the british took refuge in

Nassau Hall, and hamilton brought three cannons up and had them fire upon the building. The british then put a white flag outside and 194 soldiers walked out of the building to lay down their arms

Rachel Faucette was born in

Nevis, where she inherited property from her father

Beekman and Cruger traded with

New York and New England

Rachel Faucette had a son with Johann michael lavien named

Peter Lavien

1791 was when

Philip Schuyler's term as attorney general was up, and Aaron Burr was elected instead.

Hamilton was born out of wedlock to

Rachel Faucette and James A. Hamilton

Hamilton's letter in 1772 was published by ______ to ______

Royal Danish-American Gazette, Hugh Knox

James A. Hamilton was of _____ descent

Scottish

After James Hamilton left Rachel Faucette, they moved to

St. Croix

Rachel Faucette met James A. Hamilton in

St. Kitts

In 1775

The first engagement of American troops with the british occurred at Lexington and Concord, and hamilton and other King's College students joined the Corsicans

Hamilton wrote a letter to his father about

The hurricane which devistated Christiansted on August 30, 1772

In October 27, 1787

The independent journal published the federalist papers

In 1773 Hamilton met and lived with ______ who was a ______ at ______

William Livingston, intellectual and revolutionary, liberty Hall

The letter in 1772 resulted in

a fund to send Hamilton to North American colonies for his education when it empressed the community leaders

Alexander and James Hamilton Jr recieved individual tutoring from

a private school led by a Jewish headmistress, and Alexander supplemened his education with a family library of 34 books

President-for-life

a proposal by hamilton early in the constitutional convention where senators and the president would hold office based on good behavior, contributing the hostile view of hamilton as a monarchist sympathizer

Hamilton served at washington's side during the war with as

an aide with the rank of lieutenant colonel for four years

In 1787, hamilton served as

assemblyman in the New York State Legislature and chosen as a delegate for the constitutional convention

Hamilton published two pieces in 1774 to

attack the Quebec Act

After the death of Rachel Faucette, Hamilton

became a clerk at a local import-export firm Beekman and Cruger

The church of england

denied membership and education in the church school to alexander and James Jr because their parents were not legally married

Hamilton constructed a draft for the constitution

during the constitutional convention, based on the convention debates

In 1790, New York

gave up claim to vermont on the condition that Vermont would be admitted to the union (which happened in 1791)

Rachel Faucette was of ______ descent

half-british and half-french

After the battle yorktown,

hamilton resigned his commision

In Febuary of 1781,

hamilton was lightly reprimanded by washington and used this as an excuse to resign his staff position in order to ask for field command

In September 3, 1780,

hamilton wrote a letter to james duane criticising congress

Historians believe Hamilton was born in 1755 because

in 1930, documentation about his birth was published in the Carribean in danish, a probate paper from st. croix listing him as 13 years old after the death of his mother.

Samuel Seabury

is a Church of England clergyman who published a series of pamphlets promoting the Localist cause in 1774, in an attempt to provoke fear in the colonies, and prevent union among the colonies

The philolexian Society

is a debate society in Columbia that was grown from a literary society formed by Hamilton, Troup, and four other undergraduates

Peter Lytton

is hamilton's cousin and took Hamilton and James Jr. in around 1771 but committed suicide, and hamilton was separated from his brother

Hamilton was frustrated with the wartime continental congress because of

its decentralized nature, resulting in an inability to collect money from the states (and a subsequent lack of funding)

In 1782, Alexander McDougall

led a delegation to lobby congress to demand the Arm's pay, which was rejected by Congress

Under fire from the HMS Asia, hamilton

led a successful raid for British cannons in the Battery, which resulted in the Hearts of Oak becoming an artillery company

As Washington's chief staff aide, he handled

letters to Congress, state covernors and generals in the continental army, as well as drafting orders from Washington

Valley Forge is a

military camp where the American Army survived a difficult winter

Hamilton has a ______ brother named _________

older, James jr.

In 1776, hamilton

raised the New York Provincial Company of Artillery of sixty men and was elected captain

After Rachel Faucette died, Johann Michael Lavien

seized her estate in probate court, though a friend purchased the family books and returned them to Hamilton

William Alexander, Lord Stirling, and Nathanael Greene or Alexander McDougall

separately invited Hamilton to become their aide

James Hamilton abandoned Rachel Faucette allegedly to

spare her a charge of bigamy after finding out that her first husband intended to divorce her for adultery

During the war, congress obtained funds from

subsidies from the king of france and aid from several states, as well as European loans

Hamilton was given three battalions to fight with the allied french during

the assault on Yorktown

In 1784, hamilton founded

the bank of new york

In July 1782, hamilton passed

the bar exam

Hamilton was forced to discontinue his studies when

the college closed its doors during the british occupation of the city

In July 1782, hamilton was appointed to

the congress of the confederation as a New York representative beginning in November

George washington appointed Hamilton ________ on September 11, 1789

the first US secretary of the treasury

In July 26 1788, hamilton took a highly active part in

the ratification of the constitution in new york

While Hamilton was in the congress, soldiers began to pose a danger to the US because

they were discontent due to not being paid, particularly for the promise of a pension upon discharge after Valley Forge

Edward Stevens

was a close friend of Alexander Hamilton's and looked alike to him and both were fluent in french and shared similar interests, leading to the comments of Timothy Pickering to suggest Thomas Stevens's other relationship to hamilton

Robert Troup

was a friend of Hamilton's that spoke highly of his first public appearance in July 6, 1774

The only new york signer of the US Constitution

was hamilton, because the other new york delegates, lansing and yates had left

In 1771, Hamilton

was left in charge of Beekman and Cruger for five months while the owner was at sea.

The Battle of Princeton

was on Janary 3, 1777, and washington rallied the troops after an initial setback for a successful charge

On July 31, 1781,

washington relented and assigned Hamilton a commander of a battalion of light infantry companies of the 1st and 2nd New York regiments

The Federalist Papers

were a collection of 85 essays defending the constitution written by Hamilton (51, executive and judicial branches, senate, military, taxation) Madison (29, history of republics and confederacies and anatomy of government) and John Jay (5, foreign relations)