MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
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Detailed explanation-1: -The illegitimate son of a Scottish immigrant father and a British West Indian mother (who happened to be married to someone else), Alexander Hamilton was born on the Caribbean island of Nevis on January 11. Hamilton himself claimed that he had been born in 1757, but official documents from Nevis list the year as 1755.
Detailed explanation-2: -Alexander Hamilton was born on Jan. 11, 1755 or 1757, (historical records vary) in Charlestown on the small Caribbean island of Nevis in the Lesser Antilles.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1773, when he was 16 or 18 years old, Hamilton left the Caribbean for America, where he attended King’s College (now Columbia University) in New York and began to forge his political career, serving in the Revolutionary War and as an advisor to George Washington himself.