USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
who did Hamilton get married to?
A
Elizabeth Schuyler
B
Angelica Schuyler
C
Peggy Schuyler
D
Maria Reynolds
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -(Gilder Lehrman Institute) Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler married on December 14, 1780, at the Schuyler family home in Albany, New York. The romance between Elizabeth and Alexander had moved quickly-within a month of meeting, they decided to marry.

Detailed explanation-2: -The pair were finally married on 14 December, 1780; he was just shy of the age of twenty-four, and she was twenty-three. The Hamiltons’ marriage was both blessed with many children and fraught with scandal and credit problems.

Detailed explanation-3: -He married Elizabeth Schuyler, who was the daughter of Philip Schuyler and Catherine Van Rensselaer, both members of prominent Dutch-American families, the Schuyler and Van Rensselaer families. Elizabeth and Alexander Hamilton were married on December 14, 1780, at the Schuyler Mansion in Albany, New York.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hamilton married one sister, Elizabeth, in 1780. However, he kept up lifelong correspondences with the other two Schuyler sisters, Angelica and Margarita (a.k.a. Peggy). As Hamilton depicts, the Founding Father’s epistolary relationship with his sister-in-law, Angelica, had an undeniable flirtatious undertone.

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