Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton, a founding father of the United States, led an eventful life. He faced hardships as a child, but his talent for writing led to opportunities. He played a crucial role in the Revolutionary War and became George Washington's assistant. Hamilton later became a lawyer and delegate to Congress, co-writing the Federalist Papers. He was chosen as the first Secretary of the Treasury and set up the U.S. Bank and budget process. Hamilton worked tirelessly to make America great, but tragically died in a duel with Aaron Burr. Alexander Hamilton, The Changemakers by Willoughby Wyatt On July 11, 1804, Alexander Hamilton got in a boat early in the morning with four other men to go to the dune. He thought to himself, maybe I shouldn't have written all those things about Aaron Buranda like this. He arrives at the beach in Weehawken, New Jersey, where Aaron Buranda's men are waiting. The dune begins with them each taking ten steps, turning, and back to find the shot. Alexander Hamilton was born on the island of Nettus on January 11, 1755. His parents were not married. When he was ten, they moved to St. Croix, another island. One year later, his father moved to another island to make more money, never to come back. One year after that, Alexander Hamilton and his mom both got sick. He lived, but his mom didn't. Alexander Hamilton and his older brother went to live with an older cousin, but three years later, he died making the morphine. In 1772, a hurricane hit St. Croix and Alexander Hamilton wrote a letter to his dad about it. His friend, who worked at the newspaper, decided to publish it. The people on St. Croix liked his writing, so they fundraised money for him so that he could go to school in New York City. In 1773, he started school at King's College, and he and his friends started a group called the Hearts of Oak, which studied military tactics. One night, Dr. Miles Cooper was under attack by people who wanted to burn down his house because he supported the British. So Alexander Hamilton made the mob stop for a little bit, giving him enough time to run away. George Washington marched through the streets of New York City in 1775. Alexander Hamilton was in the crowd. Seeing George Washington up on his horse, Alexander Hamilton felt excited and wise of the now, like his military knowledge would be helpful. After this, the British attacked New York City with a warship, and Alexander Hamilton and the Hearts of Oak realized they can be helpful. He and 15 of his friends hurried as speedy as a bullet to hide all two dozen cannons. They were successful with 10 of them, but the other 14 are stolen by the British. After the battle, Alexander Hamilton officially joins the Revolutionary War. On his path to becoming the war hero he always wanted to be, he works up to becoming George Washington's assistant. In this role, he is in charge of communicating for George Washington. After the war, Alexander Hamilton was back to being a lawyer and is chosen to be a delegate to Congress from New York. He and his friend James Madison wrote the Federalist Papers anonymously. These were used as the basis of the Constitution. In them they talked about a government that was balanced and had branches. George Washington selected Alexander Hamilton to be the first Secretary of the Treasury. He set up the U.S. Bank based on the New York Bank, which is the oldest bank in the country. He also created the budget process. He worked to pay the country's debt from the Revolutionary War. Alexander Hamilton was a founding father of the United States of America. He set up our banking system and also the mints. He worked his entire life to make America great. During his lifetime, he and his wife Eliza had eight children. His first child, Philip, died in a duel in 1801. Alexander Hamilton did not want his son to go to the duel and told him to shoot to the side of his opponent. Philip did, but his opponent George Easter did not. Shortly after Philip died, Alexander Hamilton and his wife, Elisa Hamilton, had another child and named him after his older brother, Philip. On that early July morning in 1804, Alexander Hamilton returned to where Philip had died three years earlier. Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr's close friends tried to work it out between them so that they won't duel, but it didn't work. He climbed out of the boat on the foggy morning with his three men. They hiked up a cliff and met Aaron Burr and his men. Hidden by the trees, he thought about whether he should shoot Aaron Burr. He didn't want to shoot him because he knew how it felt to lose somebody in your family, so he decided to throw away his shot. Alexander Hamilton missed, but Aaron Burr hit him right in the stomach. Alexander Hamilton is taken to New York City where he dies the next day. I hope you enjoyed my podcast. The sound effects are from Zapp Slap. The music is from the Free Music Archive. Thank you for listening.