MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
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His first job taught him about money and trade, and later he became secretary of the treasury when George Washington was president.
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His first job was for a man who thought he was very smart, and later that man gave him a job working for the government in America.
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His first job was as a lawyer, and that helped him convince New Yorkers to support the new plan for America’s government.
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His first job taught him all about politics, and his boss paid for him to go to America and fight the British in the Revolutionary War.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1787, Hamilton served as assemblyman from New York County in the New York State Legislature and was chosen as a delegate for the Constitutional Convention by his father-in-law Philip Schuyler.
Detailed explanation-2: -After the war, Hamilton studied law, passed the New York bar and set up a practice as an attorney in New York City.
Detailed explanation-3: -At the inauguration of the constitutional government in 1789 Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804), George Washington’s former military aide and a renowned financier, was appointed the first Secretary of the Treasury and thus he became the architect of the structure of the Department.
Detailed explanation-4: -He established a national bank, promoted manufacturing, and paid off US debts from the American Revolution. When Hamilton retired in 1795, he left the United States with the tools to support a thriving economy.