As the first secretary of the treasury, Hamilton was the main author of the economic policies of George Washington’s administration….

Federalist, followers of Hamilton, supported a strong central government, a loose interpretation of the Constitution, a bank of United States, and revenue tariffs.

His proposal for the new government was modeled on the British system, which Hamilton considered the “best in the world.” Under Hamilton’s system, senators and a national “governor” would be chosen by special electors, and would serve for life.

Alexander Hamilton

He was an impassioned champion of a strong federal government, and played a key role in defending and ratifying the U.S. Constitution. As the first secretary of the U.S. Treasury, Hamilton built a financial foundation for the new nation, against fierce opposition from arch rival Thomas Jefferson.

“Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.” “The constitution shall never be construed…to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.”

In some accounts, Hamilton shot first and missed, followed by Burr’s deadly shot. One theory, stated in a 1976 Smithsonian magazine article, is that Hamilton’s pistol had a hair trigger that let him get off the first shot. But Burr claimed in his autobiography that he supplied the pistols and not Hamilton.

Correspondence between the two, now preserved in the Library of Congress, demonstrates the strong friendship and affection between them. Hamilton biographer Ron Chernow wrote that “the attraction between Hamilton and Angelica was so potent and obvious that many people assumed they were lovers.

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Eliza really did destroy her letters. In his 2004 biography of Hamilton, which Miranda used as the basis for the show, Ron Chernow wrote that Eliza destroyed her own letters to Hamilton, but her reasons remain unknown.

Years after Alexander Hamilton’s death, Angelica’s aging mother could no longer care for her. Angelica was eventually placed in the care of a Dr. MacDonald of Flushing, Queens, where she remained for the rest of her life. Three years after her mother’s death, in February 1857, Angelica died in New York at age 72.

• John Church Hamilton (son)
• William S. Hamilton (son)
• Eliza Hamilton Holly (daughter)
• Philip Hamilton (youngest son)
• Schuyler Hamilton (grandson)
• Alexander Hamilton Jr. ( grandson)
• Allan McLane Hamilton (grandson)
• Robert Ray Hamilton (great-grandson)

Among the descendants in attendance was Doug Hamilton, 65, a fifth great-grandson of Alexander and his wife, Elizabeth. The Ohio resident says he has represented the Hamilton family tree at more than 100 events and named his son and daughter after his great-great-great-great-great grandparents.

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Alexander Hamilton was a founding father of the United States, who fought in the American Revolutionary War, helped draft the Constitution, and served as the first secretary of the treasury.

The seven key “Founding Fathers” were either the “Signers of the Declaration of Independence” or the “Framers of the Constitution”. Alexander Hamilton did not sign the Declaration of Independence, he was considered a Founding Father due to his role in framing the Constitution.

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Assassination attempts and plots on the president of the United States have been numerous, ranging from the early 19th century to the 2010s. Four sitting presidents have been killed: Abraham Lincoln (1865), James A. Garfield (1881), William McKinley (1901), and John F. Kennedy (1963).