USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804) was a Nevisian-born American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first United States secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795.

Detailed explanation-2: -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. He was the founder and chief architect of the American financial system.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hamilton was born on January 11, in either 1755 or 1757, on the island of Nevis in the British West Indies. (There is a dispute among historians about his actual birth year.) Today, Nevis and St. Kitts are one country, known as the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Detailed explanation-4: -Leading advocate for the adoption of the Constitution and Father of Our Financial System. Founding Father Alexander Hamilton helped ensured the ratification of the Constitution and established America’s exceptional financial system.

Detailed explanation-5: -Alexander Hamilton was born out of wedlock in Nevis, British West Indies (now in Saint Kitts and Nevis), in either 1755 or 1757, and his father abandoned the family in 1765. The following year Alexander went to work, becoming a clerk. When his mother died in 1768, Alexander became a ward of her relatives.