Alexander Hamilton life/ Timeline By facebooker_1139525879544047 1761 King George 1765 The Hamilton's moved to the Danish island of St. Croxx 1768 Alexander's mother Rachel Faucett does of yellow fever 1770 Boston Massacre 1774 Hamilton goes to New York to begin studies at King's College 1775 The first shots of the American Revolution are fired at the battles of Lexington and Concord 1776 Declaration of independence 1776 Hamilton became captain of the field artillery 1780 Hamilton renews his acquaintance with Elizabeth 1783 New York promulgated the act of transgression 1783 End of British Rule 1785 At a meeting in New York Hamilton and 31 others set forth the guiding principles for an anti-slavery group 1786 Hamilton Bank New York 1789 George Washington became the nation's first president and appoints Hamilton to be the first secretary of the Treasury 1791 Madison Jefferson and Attorney General Edmund Randolph object to Hamilton's plan for a national bank 1793 Washington issued a proclamation of neutrality towards France 1802 Hamilton and his family moved into the Grange 1804 July 11, Hamilton is mortally wounded by Burr and dies the next day after suffering considerable physical agony 1808 Bonaparte Invaded Portugal and Spain 1821 Iturbide joined with the rebels