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Alexander Hamilton

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Important Terms, People, and Events

Summary and Analysis

Early Life: 1757–1772

Education and Early Writings: 1773–1775

Revolutionary War: 1775–1781

Law and Politics 1781–1785

Constitution and Federalism I: 1786–1787

Constitution and Federalism II: 1787–1788

Secretary of the Treasury I: 1788–1791

Secretary of the Treasury II: 1791–1795

Hamilton and Foreign Policy: 1790–1797

Hamilton's Final Years and Fatal Duel: 1797–1804

Bibliography and Further Reading

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