Who Was Alexander Hamilton
when was the very first presidential election was held ?
December 15, 1788 to January 10, 1789
did Alexander ever see his brother again?
no
In college what group did Alexander and his friends form?
the hearts of Oak
what forced James and Alexander to have to live with and adult cousin?
their mother died
on what dollar bill is Alexander Hamilton on??
$10
how many children did Alexander Hamilton have??
8
what are the Federalist Papers and how many did Hamilton and James Madison write??
85 (H=51, M=24) articles in newspaper outlining how the new government should be set up
what was his wife's name?
Elizabeth "Eliza" Schuyler
what was Alexander's brother's name?
James
who were Alexander's parents?
James Hamilton and Rachel Faucette
when and where was Alexander Hamilton born?
January 11th, 1755 in Nevis British West Indies
what college did Alexander Hamilton attend in NY??
King's College (1774) AKA Columbia University ** also Elizabethtown Academy in New Jersey (Princeton University)
what is the name of the person who wrote Hamilton the musical??
Lin- Manuel Miranda
who was Hamilton's best friend?
Marquis De Lafayette, French lawyer and military officer
what jobs did Hamilton have?
Mercantile (bookkeeper), military officer for Washington, lawyer in New York, and first Secretary of Treasury
when Alexander arrived in New York City in 1773 who was there to meet him?
Ned Stevens
name the author and illustrator?
Pam Pollack and Meg Belviso - authors Dede Putra- illustrator
The Federalist Papers called for a government with three branches what were they?
President/Executive Congress/Legislative Supreme Court/Judicial
what war did Alexander Hamilton fight in??
Revolutionary War
how did Alexander Hamilton die? who was involved?
Shot in a duel, Aaron Burr. (1804)
what island did the Hamiltons move to as a family?
St. Croix
after having no more family to take care of him who took Alexander in?
Thomas Stevens
Alexander's father didn't think he could support his family anymore so what did he do?
he abandoned them
what did Hamilton do that prompted the people of St Croix to take up a collection so he could go to college?
he wrote a dramatic letter describing all the horrors of the terrible hurricane that hit St Croix
along with being Washington's assistant what promotion in the Army was Hamilton given when he was only 22 years old?
lieutenant colonel
who was made to pick the sugarcane?
slaves that were brought to the island from Africa
many white people on the island Hamilton grew up on made money by growing what?
sugarcane
what was the agreement among all 13 colonies to act as one nation in order to fight the Revolutionary War called?
the Articles of Confederation - (it was the first model of government for the United States)
George Washington was the commander of America troops in what Army that Hamilton joins?
the Continental Army
what newspaper did Hamilton publish poems in?
the Royal Danish American Gazette