https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx en-us 2018-05-08 14:40:02 UTC 2026-02-23 06:51:17 UTC hello@padlet.com devin_griffin https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258935439 Chernow, Ron. Alexander Hamilton. Head of Zeus, 2017]]> 2018-05-08 14:43:28 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258935439 devin_griffin https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258935786 DeConde, Alexander. “Alexander Hamilton.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 24 Jan. 2018, www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-Hamilton-United-States-statesman. ]]> 2018-05-08 14:44:12 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258935786 devin_griffin https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258935981 DeConde, Alexander. “Alexander Hamilton.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 24 Jan. 2018, www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-Hamilton-United-States-statesman. ]]> 2018-05-08 14:44:39 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258935981 devin_griffin https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258936247 “Biography of Alexander Hamilton.” Ushistory.org, Independence Hall Association, www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/hamilton.html.]]> 2018-05-08 14:45:18 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258936247 devin_griffin https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258936618 Alexander Hamilton's beloved first-born son, Philip, was killed in a duel in 1801 while attempting to defend his father's honor against attacks by New York lawyer George Eacker.]]> 2018-05-08 14:46:04 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258936618 devin_griffin https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258945927 Alexander Hamilton was born on the island of Nevis where he read books at the library and wrote essays.  The leaders of that island were so impressed with his talent, that at the age of 17 they paid for him to go to college at the mainland]]> 2018-05-08 15:05:12 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258945927 devin_griffin https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258946606 He was responsible for creating the First Bank of the United States, and his Report on Manufactures fostered commercial and industrial development in the new nation.]]> 2018-05-08 15:06:21 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258946606 devin_griffin https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258946981 Troubled by personal and political scandals in his later years, Hamilton was shot and killed in one of history’s most infamous duels by one of his fiercest rivals, the then Vice President Aaron Burr, in July 1804.]]> 2018-05-08 15:07:01 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258946981 devin_griffin https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258947634 Hamilton was involved in the Constitution Convention but did not fully agree with the document; despite his disagreements, he promoted the document because he believed it was a vast improvement over the Articles of Confederation. He teamed up with John Jay and James Madison to write the Federalist papers.]]> 2018-05-08 15:08:26 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258947634 devin_griffin https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258954929 Hamilton talked for six hours at the Constitutional Convention presenting a new form of government or national government]]> 2018-05-08 15:23:45 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258954929 devin_griffin https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258955159 Hamilton: An American Musical]]> 2018-05-08 15:24:15 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258955159 devin_griffin https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258957070 “Alexander Hamilton.” BrainPOP, www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/famoushistoricalfigures/alexanderhamilton/.]]> 2018-05-08 15:28:08 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258957070 devin_griffin https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258958165 Alexander Hamilton was the first Secretary of the Treasury]]> 2018-05-08 15:30:22 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258958165 devin_griffin https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258958568 Hamilton wrote 51 out of 85 essays of the Federalist Papers]]> 2018-05-08 15:31:14 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258958568 devin_griffin https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258964817 At the age of 22, Hamilton was appointed George Washington's assistant, drafting letters, meeting with diplomats, and delivering orders]]> 2018-05-08 15:43:45 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258964817 devin_griffin https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258969691 Hamilton's life began to go wrong after George Washington resigned from president, he cheated on his wife and the public found out, he was fired from the position of Secretary of Treasury, and his first born died in an unfair duel]]> 2018-05-08 15:51:16 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258969691 devin_griffin https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258971498 Even after Hamilton left office, he stayed in the public eye through his books, essays, letters, and articles]]> 2018-05-08 15:54:25 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258971498 devin_griffin https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258975969 Hamilton's father left when he was young and his mother died in a hurricane]]> 2018-05-08 16:03:14 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258975969 devin_griffin https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258986016 sent him to a preparatory school in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, and in the autumn of 1773 he entered King's College in New York.]]> 2018-05-08 16:23:22 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258986016 devin_griffin https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258988047 Hamilton wrote two anonymous publications —one of them attributed to John Jay and John Adams, two of the ablest of American propagandists— gave the first solid evidence of Hamilton’s precocity.]]> 2018-05-08 16:28:01 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258988047 devin_griffin https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258989576 Even today Hamilton's ideas shape the way our government works today.]]> 2018-05-08 16:31:53 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258989576 devin_griffin https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258994454 When the presidential election between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr was tied, he voted for Jefferson despite being enemies with him.]]> 2018-05-08 16:43:47 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258994454 devin_griffin https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258995184 When Hamilton voted for Jefferson instead of Burr, a feud between the two began, they wrote public opinions mocking one another, which eventually led to their infamous duel]]> 2018-05-08 16:45:31 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258995184 devin_griffin https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258995988 During the duel between Hamilton and Burr, Hamilton had the right to shoot first and missed.  Some say he fired in the air, and others say he just missed.  This led to the death of Alexander when he was shot by Aaron Burr]]> 2018-05-08 16:47:38 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/258995988 devin_griffin https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/259004131 Hamilton was a Federalist, meaning he thought that states should share power with a strong national government]]> 2018-05-08 17:05:50 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/259004131 devin_griffin https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/259008475 Hamilton wrote many of The Federalist Papers which were a series of eighty-five essays urging the citizens of New York to ratify the new United States Constitution.]]> 2018-05-08 17:16:00 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/259008475 devin_griffin https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/259010531 Hamilton's Report on Manufactures went further than any other report in projecting the future of the United States and its place in the world economy. Hamilton urged congress to promote manufacturing so that the United States could be "independent on foreign nations for military and other essential supplies."]]> 2018-05-08 17:20:40 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/259010531 devin_griffin https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/259017482 Alexander created the first National Bank, which allowed the government to sell bonds, kind of like government IOU's with interest.  This is how the government pays for things to this day. This is part of a system called Public Credit.]]> 2018-05-08 17:35:18 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/259017482 devin_griffin https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/259018957 Hamilton]]> 2018-05-08 17:37:35 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_griffin/k8anl43kmfyx/wish/259018957