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Alexander Hamilton in Hip Hop
Alexander Hamilton in Hip Hop
His
father's name was James Hamilton, his brother was also James Hamilton born 1753 (Video1, at
5mins and 47seconds). Alexanders mothers name was Rachel (Video1, at 3mins and 56seconds),
she had a son from her other marriage whose name was Peter Lewine. Rachel moved back to
St.Croix in May 1765 because James, her husband at the time and Alexanders father, goes on a
business trip to collect some depts in St.Croix. (Video1, at 6mins and 0seconds).
The king of Denmark had bought all the shares for the trade industries, Danish people started
moving to the Virgin Islands and after other people from over the world started to come over for
trade. (Video1, at 7mins and 32seconds). Alexander gets a job at a firm called Beekman &
Cruger doing import and export. (Video1, at 12mins and 12seconds). His boss leaves him in
charge of the firm at age 14 for some time while he's away from medical purposes. (Video1, at
20mins and 20seconds). Alexander wrote a letter to his father describing a hurricane that he
experienced on August 31st, 1772 which got published in the Royal Danish gazette which
basically was his ticket or opened the way for him to go to America. (Video1, at 22mins and
51seconds). They sent him to college at Kings College in New York which is now known as
Columbia University.
Once war broke out he was elected the captain of the artillery and then became the principal
ran most of the war for Washington, he even lead the attack on Yorktown. (Video4, at
economic basis that has made the USA a leading world power included the organization and
writing of the Federalist Papers, becoming the first secretary treasury which allowed him to
create our currency, set up the first national bank in Philadelphia, PA and also organizing
taxations and stabilizing the nation's finances. (Video4, at 1min and 12seconds). Alexander
Hamilton has a statue erected in front of the Department of the Treasury in Washington.
One alleged controversial aspect of his life was that Alexander Hamilton is bisexual.
Speculations state that he had a homosexual relationship with Lieutenant Colonel John Laurens.
Most of the speculation on this matter is based on the numerous letters Alexander Hamilton sent
to him during the Revolutionary War. In all facts, I think Alexander Hamilton was rather a
remarkable person, he started poetry at a young age, he wrote his way to America and college
and he was a very intelligent person. Alexander Hamilton wanted a war and he got his war. In
my own opinion, I think Lin-Manuel Miranda took drama and plays to the next level after what
he did with the concept of the Hamilton mixtape, he took history, music, and drama and then