The experiences of his early life influenced who he would become. Alexander Hamilton was born in 1757 in the West Indies on the island of St. Croix. He was apprenticed to a merchant where he learned how to work hard and navigate the …show more content…
Both the states and the federal government had war debts. The government needed a way to borrow money if necessary to help the new nation become something greater. But before they could fully pay the debts of the nation Hamilton decided to make the United States more credible by having the federal government assume state debts so as to make a way for them all to get paid off faster. Hamilton proposed a massive tax on imports, exports, and alcohol to get the funds required. This was controversial because strengthened the central government which Jefferson opposed, so they fought in the cabinet in ‘battles’ where they constantly argued. The argument in the musical; “Hamilton goes something like this; “When the British taxed our tea we got frisky, imagine what’s gonna happen when you try to tax our whiskey?” Despite the resistance from Jefferson, Hamilton had Washington’s support and his ideas were adopted meaning a federal reserve system was founded. Amidst controversy and dissent, Alexander Hamilton created a National