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Alexander Hamilton is born
Alexander Hamilton was born in Charlestown, Isle of Nevis. -
The Boston Massacre
Was a street fight between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. -
Alexander Hamilton starts his studies
Alexander Hamilton starts his studies at Elizabethtown School, thanks to Hugh Knox, who paid him a ticket to New York -
Boston Tea Party
Was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts. The target was the Tea, which allowed the British East India company to sell tea from China in American colonies without paying taxes. -
First Continental Congress
Was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution -
Hamilton entered the Continental Army
At the outbreak of war, Hamilton joins the Continental Army. Thanks to his firmness and courage during the first moments of confusion, the Assembly of New York names him captain of the artillery. -
Declaration of Independence
Document that was approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, and that announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain. -
Battle of Princeton
It was a battle of the American Revolutionary War in which Alexander Hamilton participated where he confirmed his military prestige. George Washington put his eyes on that young captain and promoted him to the rank of lieutenant general and member of his staff of officers. -
Alexander Hamilton marries
Hamilton married Elizabeth Schuyler, to New York aristocrat. With this marriage, Alexander Hamilton managed to establish definitively among the New York elites, at the same time it would give him a good fortune that he knew how to use admirably. -
Siege of Yorktown
Was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over to British Army commanded by British peer and Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis. -
Treaty of Paris
The preliminary steps are taken to elaborate the Treaty of Versailles, signed in the French city of Versailles that would culminate on September 3, 1783, with the Peace of Versailles, by which England officially recognizes the independence of the United States of America -
Constitution of the United States
Written in 1787, the United States Constitution is the world’s longest surviving written charter of government. Its first three words – “We The People” – affirm that the government of the United States exists to serve its citizens. -
George Washington
Washington was the first president of the United States between 1789 and 1797 -
Report on the Public Credit
Hamilton presented to Congress the Report on the Public Credit, by which the Federal State assumed the external and internal debt accumulated by all the states during the previous periods, which amounted to 74 million dollars. -
Alexander Hamilton dies
In the year 1804, outgoing Vice President Aaron Burr ran for governor of New York. After being defeated, Aaron Burr challenged Alexander Hamilton to a duel that took place on July 11, 1804, at Weehawken in which Hamilton fell wounded and died the next day
