Alexander Hamilton: Founding Father and American Statesman | Biography

Reviled in his own time, Alexander Hamilton set America on a course for greatness as the first secretary of the treasury. #Biography

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[retrodemogamer]

He was a good rapper too. Dissin some verses before Eminem

[elizabethschuylerhamilton]

I stop wasting time on tears, I live another fifty years, It's not enough..

[sairakhan]

All he had was honor, a tolerance for pain, a couple of college credits and his top-notch brain

[ariyankhan]

There are approximately 1010300 words in the English language, but I could never string enough words together to properly explain how much I want to hit you with a chair.”

-Alexander Hamilton, to Thomas Jefferson

[GurahkWeavile]

You have no control who lives, who dies, and who tells your story.

[schoenfelderkatie]

ten doller founding founder father without a father

[addyparker]

When your living on your knees you can RISE UP

[swankehlou]

But why does he write like he was running out of time?

[TheRubong]

The Founding Father without a father...

[superfinn]

Hamilton is one of the best politicians in the whole wide world

[erpollock]

The narrator is excellent, very direct and clear delivery and substantive.

[cunfuzzedcat]

did you know his father was born and lived in my little town of stevenston Ayrshire, scotland.

[jamesburitto]

did you know alexander hamilton had a toren affair and he wrote down right there

[cherlgolja]

God blessed this country bringing all these amazing men together at that time 🇺🇸❤️

[MadTwatter]

I’m pretty sure that Alexander Hamilton was Puerto Rican.

[raquelnavotas]

He’s young, scrappy and hungry. But he’s not throwing away his shot

[infinite]

Who's here because they added Hamilton to disney plus :P

[OurFoundersDaily]

Hamilton's house, the Hamilton Grange in Manhattan, is a great place to visit on a nice spring day, sit by the trees on its adjacent courtyard, and think about his life and times. Washington's Army HQ is a few blocks up as well, the Morris-Jumel Mansion, the oldest house in Manhattan, and where he celebrated his first cabinet dinner.

[rowanspringer]

0:47 and The privet Hamilton cheated on his wife and then told everyone about it. You know later in his live he made some dumb decisions.

[poppz-]

What's the opening song in the beginning of the vid? It's so good.