Alexander Hamilton: Financial Architect

Alexander Hamilton: Financial Architect

Alexander Hamilton

One of the Founding Fathers of the United States and the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. Promoting a strong federal government and central banking system, he laid the foundation for the American financial system. During the American Revolutionary War, he served as George Washington's aide-de-camp, and later supported the ratification of the U.S. Constitution through writing The Federalist Papers.

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Year Alexander Hamilton
1757
Birth of Alexander Hamilton (Period: Around January 11, 1755 or January 11, 1757 (sources differ), Location: Near Charlestown, Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis)
1773
Boston Tea Party (Age: 15 years old, Period: 1773, Location: )
1775
American Revolutionary War (Age: 17 years old, Period: 1775–1783, Location: Mainly the Southern Colonies and Western Appalachia)
1776
United States Declaration of Independence (Age: 18 years old, Period: 1776, Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
1780
Marriage of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (Age: 23 years old, Period: December 14, 1780, Location: Albany, New York)
1781
Battle of Yorktown (Age: 23 years old, Period: 1781, Location: Yorktown, Virginia)
1787
Ratification Campaign for the U.S. Constitution (Age: 29 years old, Period: 1787–1788, Location: Various U.S. States)
1791
Establishment of the Bank of the United States (Age: 33 years old, Period: 1791, Location: United States)
1798
Quasi-War (Age: 40 years old, Period: 1798–1800, Location: Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean region)
1804
Burr–Hamilton Duel (Age: 46 years old, Period: 1804, Location: Weehawken, New Jersey)
Death of Alexander Hamilton (Age: 47 years old, Period: July 12, 1804)
Unknown

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