Songs & Lyrics
This opening song tells Hamilton’s life story.
What is “Alexander Hamilton”?
He was the first Secretary of the Treasury.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
This country ruled the colonies before the war.
What is Great Britain?
These were the 13 areas that became the United States?
What are the colonies?
This person created Hamilton.
Who is Lin-Manuel Miranda?
In “My Shot”, Hamilton says he is “young, scrappy, and” what
What is hungry?
He became the first president of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
This protest involved dumping tea into Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This means trading goods without using money.
What is bartering?
This city is the main setting of the musical.
What is New York City?
This song introduces Angelica, Eliza, and Peggy.
What is “The Schuyler Sisters”?
He and Hamilton were rivals and later dueled.
Who is Aaron Burr?
This document declared the colonies independent in 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This group made laws and taxes for the colonies.
What is the British Parliament?
This is Hamilton’s wife’s first name.
Who is Eliza Schuyler?
This song features a rap battle between Hamilton and Jefferson.
What is “Cabinet Battle #1”?
He helped write the Declaration of Independence and later became President.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This harsh winter camp tested Washington’s army.
What is Vally Forge?
This act forced colonists to house British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act?
This character says “Wait for it.”
Who is Aaron Burr?
This final song asks who controls how history is remembered.
What is “Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story”?
This American helped by convincing France to support the colonies.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
This 1781 battle led to the British surrender.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
This phrase meant colonists wanted a say in taxes.
What is “No taxation without representation?”
This event at the end of the musical causes Hamilton’s death.
What is a duel?