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Hamilton is the only person born outside of the United States, and is one of the two non US Presidents featured on American Money. Hamilton is on the $10 because he was our first Secretary of the Treasury.

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Before there were Republicans and Democrats, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, there were federalist and anti-federalist. The Federalist party, which Alexander Hamilton was a key founder of, wanted a strong central government while Anti-federalist wanted power within the states. Other key federalist include George Washington,  Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay.

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Thanks to Hamilton helping establish the first bank, amongst his many other accomplishments, he is known as one of our seven founding fathers.

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- Lin-Manuel Miranda

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By now you've probably heard that Vice President-elect Mike Pence was booed by fellow theater-goers at a performance of the musical Hamilton, an unlikely hip-hop sensation that tells the story of Alexander Hamilton and other founding fathers.

Then, at the end of the show, the cast respectfully addressed Pence and asked him to protect the rights of all Americans - in all their diversity.

Donald Trump immediately demanded that the cast of Hamilton apologize to Pence. Twitter responded with the hashtag #NameAPenceMusical, offering up suggestions such as "Oklahomophobia!" and "Rent: But Not to Those People."

To be fair, the latter belongs less to Pence than to Trump and his father, who faced numerous accusations of racial bias in their real estate business.

Some Trump supporters used the incident to make a point of their own. Among them, one noted that Hamilton was the creator of the Electoral College, the system that gave Trump the presidency even though he lost the popular vote by a significant margin.

If Trump supporters are interested in using this moment to discuss Hamilton's role in history, I think it's a fine idea.

Hamilton is one of the most influential interpreters of our Constitution, as well as one of its authors. And here's what we can learn from him.

First, Hamilton wanted a strong central government. He advocated taxation. He took these positions for practical reasons, not because he was a flaming liberal.

Hamilton was George Washington's "right hand man" (to quote the musical) during the Revolutionary War. He saw the problems our army had due to lack of funds and a weak central government and wanted to prevent such problems going forward.

Second, Hamilton was the original opponent of the "strict constructionist" view of the Constitution.

Strict constructionism is what Trump claims to look for in a Supreme Court appointee. It's a doctrine that insists that we must only interpret the words of the Constitution literally, as they were written in the 18 th century, and make no room for interpretation.

Hamilton, who was in the room where the document was written, thought otherwise.

Third, Hamilton saw the importance of establishing the U.S. banking system with strong credit. At our nation's founding, we were mired in debt and our credit was worthless. He saw the need to turn that around, and turn it around he did.

It's not going out on a limb to guess that Hamilton wouldn't like how modern-day Republicans play chicken with our nation's credit rating every time we need to raise the debt ceiling.

Fourth, for his time, Hamilton had relatively progressive views on race relations. He opposed slavery, and thought blacks were as intelligent as whites - a view that many of our other founding fathers sadly didn't share.

Fifth, unlike the president-elect, Hamilton never used his position in government to enrich himself. He prided himself on his squeaky clean ethics and honesty and, when questioned, encouraged his enemies to investigate him as much as they liked.

That's in contrast to Trump, who's positioning himself to make a fortune off his newfound power by keeping his business empire within the family while he serves as president (and who just had to settle a fraud case against his Trump University for $25 million).

Sixth, Hamilton's name was sullied in his lifetime by false accusations of everything from wanting to turn the U.S. into a monarchy to enriching himself from his government job. I can't help but see a similarity to Hillary Clinton, who's been accused of every crime in the book.

Hamilton's story shows that widespread allegations don't equate to guilt. In the end, he was innocent of almost everything.

Instead of an apology, I hope the cast of Hamilton gives Pence something else - like an encore performance.

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What Trump Could Learn from Alexander Hamilton - OtherWords

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By now you've probably heard that Vice President-elect Mike Pence was booed by fellow theater-goers at a performance of the musical Hamilton, an unlikely hip-hop sensation that tells the story of Alexander Hamilton and other founding fathers.

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First Bank of The United States

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The Federalist Papers basically lay out the foundation to America. They are still widely referred to today, especially in politics. The Federalist Papers also helped with the ratification of the constitution. The Federalist Papers "have through the years been widely read and respected for their masterly analysis and interpretation of the Constitution and the principles upon which the government of the United States was established." These papers still apply to daily life. The papers help us look into he thoughts of the men who drafted our constitution. Hamilton is widely responsible for the framework of today's government."

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Alexander Hamilton also Established our first national bank. He established the Bank of New York in 1784 and the First National Bank in 1790. Thus creating "the birth of the most critical financial systems." Hamilton "proposed fiscal policies initiated the payment of federal war bonds, had the federal government assume states' debts, instituted a federal system for tax collection and would help the United States establish credit with other nations." The Establishment of the banking system made the United States an Industrial Nation. it also helped "Increase the flow of money throughout America." Many did not agree with Hamilton's proposals at the time, but look at what came of it.

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Without Hamilton, we wouldn't have this things we call "Wall Street" today. The founding father ultimately paved the path to Wall Street by establishing the first national bank