Alexander Hamilton's Life

Alexander Hamilton's Life.

Alexander Hamilton was born in Charlestown, Saint Kitts and Nevis. His parents were Rachel Faucette Buck and James A. Hamilton. He was the youngest of the 2 siblings.

Appointed aide-de-camp to George Washington with rank of lieutenant colonel

Retired from active military duty

Appointed receiver of continental taxes for New York

Chosen delegate from New York to the Continental Congress

Admitted to practice of law as attorney and counselor before the New York Supreme Court of Judicature

Chosen delegate to Annapolis Convention

Elected, New York state assembly

Named delegate to the Constitutional Convention, Philadelphia

Began series of Federalist essays

Elected a delegate to New York's ratifying convention

Appointed the first treasury secretary of the United States

Appointed inspector general of the army with rank of major general

Died in New York following a duel with Aaron Burr in Weehawken