Hamilton’S Financial Program
Submitted by bennettphd27 on October 7, 2011
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Hamilton’S Financial Program
Hamilton’s Financial Program
Congress had called on Alexander Hamilton, to be one of the secretary of treasury, to report on the nation's finances. Hamilton took the assignment eagerly, but did not intend to be a minor figure in the new administration. Alexander grew up on the islands of the West Indies, scarred by the stigmas of poverty and illegitimacy. To compensate, Alexander was driven constantly to seek respectability and money. Also he had served as a military aide to Washington during the, and he married the daughter of a wealthy New York politician, that gave him influential connections the he could draw on his political career. Alexander rude manner,...
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