The Accomplishments Of Alexander Hamilton

One of America’s most noteworthy founding fathers was Alexander Hamilton. Alexander Hamilton was the First Secretary of Treasury for the United States of America, under the presidency of General George Washington (1789-1797). Before he became the Secretary of Treasury, Hamilton was one of the most trusted aide-de-camps of General Washington during the Revolution. As an aide-de-camp Hamilton gained practical experience that aided him later on in life as an asset to President Washington. His work in the Revolution gave him a social standing by introducing him to his wife Elizabeth Schuyler. It also impacted his relationship with politics when he founded the Federalist Party in 1791. Alexander Hamilton’s work as an aide-de-camp was a vital push

Washington was a renowned general during and before the revolutionary war. He served as a general in the British Army for many years before becoming a general in the revolution. He was appointed commander of the Continental Army on June 14, 1775, where he quickly became a legend on the battlefield. Hamilton and Washington were separated after the war for many years; during this time Hamilton became a renowned lawyer. They would later be reunited when Hamilton was working as a member of the Continental Congress, during the Annapolis Convention in 1786 and the Constitutional Convention in 1787. Then, when Washington was elected as president in 1788, he appointed Hamilton to his cabinet as first Secretary of Treasury. He held that title from September 11, 1789 to January 31, 1795. During his time as Secretary of Treasury, Hamilton shaped the way the American banking and economic system functions. He paid off foreign debts that had been made by the Continental Congress during the revolution. Seeing all the death and destruction that being in debt cost the Revolution, Hamilton firmly believed a strong country was built upon financial stability. Working as an aide-de-camp for Washington allowed Hamilton to be able to shape the way the American economy

Social standing determined occupation, housing, marriage, and many other things. Hamilton came to America with almost nothing, earning his class and social standing with nothing, but his brains and wit. Alexander Hamilton was born an illegitimate child on the island of Nevis in the British West Indies, to Rachael Fawcette Levine and James Hamilton, on January 11, 1755. James Hamilton was a traveling Scottish merchant, while Rachael Fawcette Levine was a young woman whom had divorced from her previous husband under Danish law. Due to Rachel’s previous divorce she was never able to remarry, making Hamilton an illegitimate child. When Alexander was around ten years old, his father (a merchant) went bankrupt; he took what was left of his finances and left Hamilton and his mother to their own devices. To compensate for his family's lack of revenue, Hamilton decided to work for a local trading charter when he was 12 years old. In 1768, when Alexander was around 13 years old, Rachael Fawcette Levine died of illness. His intellect got him out of Nevis and on his way to attend a preparatory school in New Jersey, where he later attended King’s College in 1773 at the age of 18. After he graduated, Hamilton joined the revolution in the form of an artillery captain. He quickly caught the attention of General George Washington, and became the youngest aide de camp at the age of 22. Hamilton’s induction into