Alexander Hamilton

My name is Alexander Hamilton, I was born on the island of Nevis in the British west indies on January 11, 1755 or 1757. In order to rise from my poverty  I took my first job at the age of 11 as a clerk, my ambition and intelligence impressed my employer who thankfully saw a gift in me and arranged to send me to America for an education. In 1773 when i was 16 i arrived in New York enrolling in King's College( Columbia University), however with the colonies on the brink revolution i found myself more drawn to politics then academics. I wrote my first political article defending the patriot cause against the interests of pro- British Loyalists. The pull for politics was so powerful I left college  before graduating, in order to join the cause of the patriots against the British imposed taxes. In 1775 I joined the military to fight the Long Islands and Trenton, I was promoted to lieutenant Colonel of the Continental army. During the fight for Independence George Washington saw my skills as an asset for him and made me his assistant and adviser. For the next five years of my life i dedicated my time to all of Washington's important writing and strategy work. And it was during this time that i married my wife Elisabeth Schuyler. However my desk job was unsatisfying and i finally convinced Washington to allow me to enter battle, with his permission I led a successful battle against the British in the battle of Yorktown, which eventually led to two important negotiations, The Treaty of Paris and the Treaty of Versailles. After 5 years with Washington I left to pursue a career in Law, and soon i found myself defending Loyalists on the run. After sometime i became the first secretary of treasury appointed by Washington, i then went on to establish a federal bank and created a system by which national debt could be paid one of the greatest economic powerhouses of all time. I later left office but remained in touch with Washington officials and Washington himself, i even wrote his farewell address. My last years, Burr and I where constantly fighting which led to a duel between us in July 11, 1801, where I was fatally wounded paralyzing my body, I later died on July 12, 1801 after saying my last goodbyes. 

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                                                      Slaves

Between 1607 and 1775, slavery in the southern colonies grew resulting from the necessity of profit. Africa was one of the richest countries  because of all of the gold they had. Around this time signs of racism became obvious as the English population began to refer to the African community as the "Dark Country". In January 1808 a law was passed that would allow slavery to take effect. The Atlantic slave trade was one of the multiple cargoes of slaves to exist, slaves would be packed tightly in ships, the slaves where not allowed to stand up and had to remain in their places through the long weeks on  urine, blood and vomit. The slaves then went on to trade, where they where traded for goods and sold by there size, if the slave was weak and slim the price was low, if the slave was strong and in good  condition, the prize was high. Those who conducted the packaging of slaves onto boats experimented  with the forms of loading, there was tight packaging and loose packaging. Tight packaging would compress all the slaves into a cluster phobic order and would provide little to no oxygen and most of the time,  slaves would have to breath in all the body fluids that surrounded them. At the end of this particular transportation  not many of the slaves made it most would die during this part of their journey. The loose packaging would allow more breathing space but still suffered all the grotesque consequence, although the chances of making it alive where much higher. Slaves had to endure this journey for 3 weeks the least and 12 weeks the maximum. The order of slaves was so high  almost like they where a new product on stock that by 1741 entire communities had disappeared. Eventually France and England abolished slavery but that did not happen until 1819, and the last ship to land onto American territory was in 1859 which by then was illegal.

                                                                                                                                  The Great Awakening 

A religious revolution that inspired individuals to believe they had control over their own destiny,  it pushed individual religious experience over established church doctrine, thereby decreasing the importance and weight of the clergy and the church in many instances. A new branch of power arose or grew in numbers as a result of the emphasis on individual faith and salvation.It unified the American colonies as it spread through numerous preachers and revivals. This unification was greater than had ever been achieved previously in the colonies. With this movement came preachers like Jonathen Edwards and George Whitfield who utilized the power of their words to convert and motivate the people of the time back into religion.

                                             The French and Indian War

Believed to be the original World War involving three continents and the Caribbean, The French and Indian War is considered one of the bloodiest wars of the 18th century. Product of the rivalry between the British and French, the war managed to take more lives than the American Revolution . Tensions between the British and French in America had been rising for some time, as each side wanted to increase its land. The French and Indian War , began in November 1753, when the young Virginian major George Washington and a number of men headed out into the Ohio region with the mission to deliver a message to a French captain demanding that French troops withdraw from the territory. The demand was rejected. In 1754, Washington received authorization to build a fort near the present site of Pittsburgh. He was unsuccessful because of the strong French presence in the area. In May, Washington's troops clashed with local French forces, a skirmish that ultimately resulted in Washington having to surrender the meager fort he had managed to build just one month later. The incident set off a string of small battles. In 1755, The British sent General Edward Braddock to oversee the British Colonial forces, but instead was met with his death by the French troops. Finally war was openly declared in 1756 and led to a number of battles fought by British and French, in which the French kept an undefeated strike. All events which led to the following notorious documents,  Treaty of Paris,The Sugar Act, became known for the fact that they raised taxes on major necessities. 

                                           The Glorious revolution 

Began when queen Elizabeth's blood line died out, The Glorious Revolution of 1688, in which the English people overthrew a king they deemed unacceptable and basically chose their next rulers. The revolution occurred because Charles II’s son, James II, was an overt Catholic, which did not sit well with the predominantly Protestant public. The English people rallied behind James II’s Protestant daughter, Mary, and her husband, William of Orange, who led a nonviolent coup that dethroned James II and sent him to France. When William and Mary ascended the throne, they effectively ended the Catholic monarchy and the idea of divine right. In the years that followed, an English Bill of Rights was drafted, boosting parliamentary power and personal liberties. In this freer environment, science, the arts, and philosophy flourished.The most important outcome was the creation of a constitutional monarchy, repression of Catholicism.Other events the Jacobite Rebellions and the Battle of the Boyne.

Enlightenment (1650-1700)

The enlightenment was a movement from the 18th century, that involved philosophers and their ideas which revolutionized England at a time of much moderation. These ideas where meant to reform England in the use of reason and advance knowledge through science. Prominent members of this movement are those who influenced the founding fathers of the u.s colonies and sparked the whole movement,John Locke his ideas where of freedom and rights,Baron de Montesquieu created the Seperation of 

branches, and Thomas Hobbes who did believe some restrictions in order to keep stability within the civilization are some of the copious involved in this movement.The revolution occurred because Charles II’s son, James II, was openly Catholic, which did not sit well with the predominantly Protestant public. The English people rallied behind James II’s Protestant daughter, Mary, and her husband, William of Orange, who led a nonviolent coup that dethroned James II and sent him to France. When William and Mary ascended the throne, they effectively ended the Catholic monarchy and the idea of divine right. In the years that followed, an English Bill of Rights was drafted, boosting parliamentary power and personal liberties. In this freer environment, science, the arts, and philosophy flourished all enhanced by the phillosophers. The Enlightenment expanded from England to Scottland,Russia,Spain, and Poland.