Alexander Hamilton

James Alexander Hamilton was born in 1788.

The new government should pay off the millions of dollars in depts owed by the confederation government to other countries and to individual American Citizens.

Jefferson and Madison were polar opposites of Hamilton in the financial issues. The result of Jefferson's and Madison's opposition to Hamilton's financial plan was the establishments of the banking system.

Apparently, a number of people challenged Alexander Hamilton to a duel, but the best known was the one with Vice-President Aaron Burr in July 1804. Burr challenged Hamilton because Hamilton refused to apologize for gossip he spread implying Burr made nasty comments about another person, and Burr read about it in the newspaper. After unsuccessfully demanding an apology from Hamilton, the Vice-President finally challenged him to a duel to avenge his honor.

Hamilton fired first, deliberately throwing away his shot (missing Burr); the bullet was later found lodged in a tree limb fourteen feet off the ground. Burr aimed directly at Hamilton and fired. The bullet struck Hamilton in the lower abdomen, ricocheted off his ribs, damaged his internal organs, and severed his spine, immediately paralyzing him from the waist down. Hamilton died of his wounds the next day.

Hamilton was fatally shot by Aaron Burr in a duel.

Contrary to popular belief Burr challenged Hamilton to a duel, not the other way around. Burr thought Hamilton to be the sole detriment to his public career. Without Hamilton, he reasoned, he could achieve greatness.

On July 11, 1804, he shot Hamilton. Although historians today still argue about what actually happened on the ground, it's clear that Burr's shot, which came with such force that it ricocheted in Hamilton's stomach, splintering a vertebrae, proved mortal.

Hamilton died 31 hours later of those injuries, on July 12. Burr was indicted for murder in New Jersey, but the charges were dropped. However Burr would later be charged with treason...but that's another day's story.

There was different views on the constitution. Some wanted to interpret the Constitution loosely and look for as many loopholes as possible. While the other side wanted a strong central government and wanted to stick to exactly what the Constitution said.

The environment that Madison wrote this in needed to explain how the new constitution and republican form of federal government would have greater stability than the previous continental congress. The paper also needed to explain how the system would protect against the competing factions drowning out the rights of minorities and the public good. It also needed to explain how it would halt mob rule. All issues that had posed problems in the self-government of the colonies previous, during and after the revolution of 1776.

Madison sees faction as an unavoidable in a polity of maximum liberty, and consequently seeks to minimize the violence of faction through the system; in other words controlling the effects of faction. Representative government is the process by which Madison seeks to temper this.

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Thomas Jefferson believed that the US should remain basically an agrarian nation with little manufacturing. We would trade with European nations for the industrial products we needed. He believed in States' Rights and that the purpose of the federal government was not to involve itself in the daily lives of the citizens, but to defend us from invasion and to insure the protection of the rights of the citizens from any kind of domestic turmoil. Alexander Hamilton favored a strong national government, one that took an active role in the daily affairs of the nation. He foresaw an industrial future for the US and created his Financial Plan with that in mind. He believed the national government should be supreme over state governments.

Basically, the Founding Fathers wanted a new constitution because the government under the Articles of Confederation proved to be unstable and inefficient. The document provided very little structure in terms of a federal government. Each state used their own currency and there was little unity. Finally, with Shay's rebellion in Massachusetts and no standing army to counteract it, the Founding Fathers came to the conclusion that a new government and constitution needed to be drawn up which would give America a stronger federal government while still preserving state's rights. More input from FAQ Farmers: * The Founding Fathers wanted a new constitution because the current government of the Articles of Confederation was not working due to the balance of powers between state and federal governments. The document gave state governments too much power and left the federal government helpless in both defending and caring for American interests. This eventually led to almost no unification of the states. Two parties emerged. The federalists, who lobbied for a strong central government, and the anti-federalists who emphasized state and individual rights. The two parties compromised and worked together to ratify the new Constitution that granted more power to a federal government and granted less power (but still protected) to the states. * After the Shay's Rebellion, the Fouding Fathers realized how weak the Articles of Confederation was. The federal government was powerless to stop the rebellion and Congress had little power. Some weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation included that was no chief executive, Congress had no power to tax citizens directly, no power to draft an army, had no national court system, no power to settle arguments among states, and many more. This led to the Constitutional Convention (started by Alex Hamilton), where the AoC was scrapped and a new constitution was written.

Yes, Alexander Hamilton was born in Charlestown, Nevis, in the British West Indies on January 11, 1755 or 1757. He and his family moved to St. Croix in 1765. Then in 1772, Hamilton wrote a letter describing a hurricane to his father; the letter, which was subsequently published in the Royal Danish-American Gazette, inspired members of the community to collect funds to send him to college in America. Later that year, he arrived in Boston, and in May of 1782, he became a citizen of the State of New York. Although Hamilton is considered today as a prime example of someone who lived the immigrant's American Dream, his contemporaries viewed his immigrant status in a negative light; they doubted his loyalty to his adopted country.

Because they both had different ideas as to how the United States should develop. Jefferson wanted the US to remain basically an agrarian nation, buying our manufactured goods from Great Britain and other European nations. Hamilton wanted the US to become a leading manufacturing nation with commerce and industry as the main characteristics. Jefferson believed more in representative government than did Hamilton. Hamilton did not trust the citizens to be informed well enough to vote. He had wanted the US to become a sort of constitutional monarchy, with a President chosen, not elected. Jefferson favored the French at the start of the French Revolution while Hamilton looked to Great Britain to become the closest ally to the US. Alexander was angry that Thomas cheated on him with a squirrel.

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Alexander Hamilton was George Washington's Secretary of Treasury from 1789 to 1795. Albert Gallatin was the Secretary of Treasury under Thomas Jefferson. Secretary Gallatin convinced President Jefferson that they should run their administration based on Hamilton's financial and economic programs.

Alexander Hamilton was born on January 11th 1775 on the island of Nevis in the Virgin Islands

Alexander Hamilton is one of the two people who are not president to have their face on American currency

Alexander Hamilton is on the 10$ bill

FDR admired Thomas Jefferson's ability to remember and consider the common people during his presidency. During FDR's own presidency, he concerned himself with the average citizen and spoke of them as the "forgotten man." He admired Alexander Hamilton's ability to uphold a strong federal government.

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There is some discrepancy as to Alexander Hamilton's birth year. It is recorded as being 1757, but Danish records lead historians to believe he was actually born in 1755. Having died in 1804, Hamilton was either 49 or 51.

Hamilton hoped to provide financial order, precedence, and clarity, for the new-found United States. He also hoped to develop country and overseas credit for the new nation. Last, but not least, Hamilton wanted to resolve the fiat currency issues.

Alexander Hamilton was a founder of the Federalist Party; Thomas Jefferson was founder of the Democratic-Republican Party. The Federalists wanted a strong central government and encouraged the states to ratify the Constitution. The Democratic-Republicans believed the states should retain sovereignty.

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Alexander Hamilton was born into a poor family as the son of a maid. His father; however, was a wealthy plantation owner who eventually decided to send Hamilton to the best schools possible. Hamilton was very smart, and quickly made himself a fortune. He was born poor and died rich, in other words.

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He was a federalist and believed in a strong central government. He was the Secretary of Treasury in George Washington's cabinet and saved the contry from financial crisis. Hamilton created the National Bank which was disputed but was a major step in our government's growth.

No, he was never president because he was more interested in developing solutions which he did while reporting to President Washington. Contrary to popular misconception, the US Constitution said that anyone that was a member of one of the states as of the adoption of the US Constitution (Sept. 17, 1787) was eligible for federal office including President. Since Hamilton was a member of NYS in spring of 1782, he was eligible to be President...though he NEVER expressed an interest in theat. He was a founding father and the chief of staff to General Washington in 1777 and President George Washington in 1789. In total that relationship lasted over 22 years! For more information on Alexander Hamilton, visit the AHA Society website.

Alexander Hamilton was instrumental in calling for the ratification of the United States Constitution as well as in the proceedings of the ratification. These proceedings were the Constitutional Convention.