Childhood
Which country was Hamilton's father from?
Scotland
Her family was among the wealthy Dutch landowners who had settled around Albany in the mid-1600s, and both her mother and father came from wealthy and well-regarded families
Elizabeth (Eliza) Schuyler Hamilton
June of 1787 Alexander Hamilton said that states
a. Should be turned into independent countries.
b. Should be treated as sovereign entities, untied in a confederacy
c. Reduced to corporations.
c. Reduced to corporations
At 15 Beekman and Cruger Co. trusted so much
They left Alexander Hamilton in charge while the owners were gone for weeks.
Which disease threatened Hamilton's life and took his mother's?
Yellow fever
Rachael Fawcett was the mother of founding father of the United States of America, Alexander Hamilton. She raised Alexander and his brother James as a single mother in the 18th century Caribbean until her early death of yellow fever.
What is Hamilton's political party?
Federalist
From "My Shot": "But we'll never be truly free / Until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me . . ."
"You and I. Do or die. Wait till I sally in / On a stallion with the first black battalion!"
Which pamphlet is Angelica Schuyler reading in "The Schuyler Sisters"?
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Alexander Hamilton argued in a long speech before the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that the President of the United States should be a/an:
a. Emperor
b. Czar
c. King
d. Prime Minister
e. President
Elective Monarch (King)
ruling for "good behavior" (i.e., for life, unless impeached) and with extensive powers
After reading a poem written by Hamilton in 1772, Ann Lytton Venton did this
Paid for Alexander Hamilton’s Education
Which island was Hamilton born where?
Charlestown, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Why did Philip Hamilton challenge George Eacker to a duel?
Eacker was selected in 1801 to deliver the Fourth of July oration at an Independence Day celebration held in New York City by a brigade of the New York State Militia, the Tammany Society, and two of the city's labor organizations, the Mechanics' Society and Coopers' Society. The Tammany Society, better known as Tammany Hall, was a Democratic-Republican party political organization that Aaron Burr had built into a political machine. In politics, Eacker was known to be aligned with Burr.
According to a supporter, the speech that Eacker delivered was commended by "nearly everybody," except for partisans who were "blinded ... to every virtue" by "party spirit, which at that time was very bitter". Some accounts questioned whether the speech was critical of Alexander Hamilton, as it was later characterized; according to a 19th century historian who relied on Eacker's younger brother as a source, the speech was entirely patriotic and did not name or allude to Hamilton.
On November 20, 1801, a Friday night, Eacker attended a play at the Park Theatre with his fiancée Harriet Livingston, a daughter of Walter Livingston and Cornelia Schuyler.[4] Philip Hamilton (the eldest son of Alexander Hamilton) and Stephen Price[10] approached or entered Eacker's box together and loudly ridiculed him. Eacker called them "damned rascals", and in response to that insult, as was not uncommon at the time, they each challenged Eacker to a duel.
From "Stay Alive": "Washington cannot be left to his own devices / Indecisive, from crisis to crisis"
"The best thing he can do for the revolution / Is turn and go back to planting tobacco in Mount Vernon!"
Hamilton opposed the which part of the US Constitution?
a. Preamble
b. Bill of Rights
c. Article I – creation of The Legislative Branch.
d. Article II – creation of The Executive Branch
e. Article III – creation of The Judicial Branch
b. bill of rights
On March 14, 1776, Alexander Hamilton receives his commission as captain of
a New York artillery company.
And took part in battles around New York City, particularly at the Battle of White Plains. The Battle of Trenton NJ & Battle of Princeton NJ.
What is Alexander Hamilton's brother's name?
James Hamilton
What happened because Hamilton, Madison, and Jefferson arranged the 'Dinner Table Bargain' / Compromise of 1790 (Hint: The Room Where it Happens)?
Hamilton won the decision for the national government to take over and pay the state debts, and Jefferson and Madison obtained the national capital for the South.
Hamilton's supported of John Laurens' plan to
enlist blacks into the army
Why is the song "Burn" called what it is?
Eliza is burning the letters she received from Hamilton OR she feels like her world is burning OR she hopes that Hamilton will burn.
In 1790 Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton pushed for the federal government to take over the state's debt He also suggested an excise tax to raise revenue to pay off that debt. This tax caused a violent opposition called the
Whiskey Rebellion.
Appointed by George Washington in 1781 to command a light infantry battalion in Marquis de Lafayette's Division, Hamilton helped lead the attack at the
Battle of Yorktown in Yorktown, Virginia,
What import-export company did Alexander Hamilton work for before he sailed to New England?
Beekman and Cruger OR Cruger and Co.
Hamilton, in the early days, saw thought of Aaron Burr as a friend. What was the turning point to kick off the rivalry between them?
Burr changed political parties to run for a senate seat against Philip Schuyler, Hamilton's father-in-law -- and won.
From "Guns and Ships": "Sir, he knows what to do in the trench / Ingenuitive and fluent in French, I mean --- / Hamilton! / . . ."
"Sir, you're gonna have to use him eventually / What's he gonna do on the bench, I mean ---"
What group of rebels did Hercules Mulligan join? Stated in the song "Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)
The Sons of Liberty
Master spy British Major George Beckwith and Hamilton rendezvoused five times, Beckwith relaying his information to London in coded dispatches that referred to his high-placed source as
Number 7
Alexander choose to expose his affair in order to
Protect is professional reputation