Izaak Gates U.S. History 10 2 October 2017 Alexander Hamilton had an integral role in making, the present day, United States of America. Hamilton was born in the 1750’s in the British West Indies island of Saint Kitts and Nevis. He worked as an accountant on St. Croix when he was a young boy. Through this, he learned the business of commerce and how to handle money and finances. In 1773, he arrived in New York, where he attended Columbia university. After graduating, he joined New York Provincial Artillery Company and fought in a couple of battles. He later became George Washington's assistant and one of his advisers. After the war was over, he became a lawyer and defended people who were still loyal to the crown. George Washington appointed …show more content…
He also asked the Congress to charter a bank, which ended up being the National Bank. In doing all of this, he eventually made the Federalist Papers with James Madison and John Jay. In doing this, he made it easier to borrow money from other countries in the future. These actions also gained popularity with the wealthier Americans, which Hamilton thought was a great idea in moving the nation forward. He also thought all of this would promote a sturdy navy and army. All these processes would grow the capital needed to fulfill Hamilton's vision of a nation with strong trade who was an industrial power. Hamilton had interned to give money back to the people, but ended up taxing the majority of Americans, who were farmers. Hamilton was a key component in New York ratifying the Federalist …show more content…
People didn't like his ideas, because they thought he was giving too much power to the government and not the states. These people were known as anti federalists. They felt they were going back to what life was like under the crown, with Alexander Hamilton's ideas. Southern states did not like these ideas, because essentially, they had to bail out the northern states. The northern states had little money, because employees had to pay workers for the labor, whereas in the south, they did not, because of slavery. Thomas Jefferson had very different ideas than Alexander Hamilton. Madison and Jefferson had the same ideas, when it came to setting up the nation. Jefferson thought the states should have more power, and wanted a farming based economy. They followed the constitution firmly, while Hamilton looked at it loosely. Jefferson and Madison feared the north would benefit from having a National Bank, and have the states absorb the nation's debt, while the south would have a totally opposite experience. In 1791, congress approved funding of the national debt. For the southerners to agree to this, the capital had to be moved south to what is now Washington