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Alexander Hamilton born in Nevis in the Carribean
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Hamilton's Mother dies of a sever fever. Alexander is now left orphaned.
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Community leaders from Hamilton's home town raise money for him to go to school in America.
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Allexander Hamilton immigrates to America
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Hamilton begins attending Kings College in NewYork, now named Columbia University.
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Hamilton joins the Hearts of Oak, a volunteer militia company from New York.
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Hamilton and his sixty men take part in the Battle of White Plains and the Battle of Trenton.
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After a few years serving as Washington's aid, Hamilton marries Elizabeth Schuyler.
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Hamilton is reluctantly given control of a New York light infantry division by Washington.
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Hamilton is elected to congress as a representative from New York.
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After Hamiltons resignation from congress he passed the Bar Exam and was admitted to the New York Bar in July.
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Hamilton founded the Bank of New York.
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Hamilton serves in the Constitutional Congress and Constitutional Convention. Writes 51 of the 85 essays published in the Federal Papers.
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1789- Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury. And over the next two years he submits five reports on the economic issues in the country.
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lexander Hamilton is successful in creating the first National Bank of the United States. Under a 20 year charter. Washington reluctantly signs the bill, under the assumption it was needed for the financial future of America.
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Hamilton establishes a newspaper called the New York Evening Post (New York Post) with the help of editor William Coleman.
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1804- July 11 Hamilton duels Aaron Burr on the banks of the hudson river, and is shot in the abdomen. July 12 Hamilton meets his untimely death.