Alexander Hamilton is one of our greatest Founding Fathers. He has helped America grow into the great nation it is today.
Alexander Hamilton was born on a small island in the Caribbean called Nevis, in the British West Indies, in 1755. Alexander Hamilton was the second son of an unsuccessful Scottish merchant, James Hamilton. Alexander's mother, Rachel Fawcette Levian, was the daughter of a French Huguenot physician and planter. In 1765, the Hamiltons left Nevis and moved to the Danish island of St. Croix. Soon after, James Hamilton left the family. To support her family Alexander's mother opened a store that sold food and household articles. When Alexander's mother passed away he kept the books for a man named Nicholas Crueger firm and became very skilled with words and numbers. The governor of the island sent Alexander to King's College because of his reputation at the firm.
Alexander excelled at school, but when the Revolution came he enlisted into the Army and soon rose to......
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