Alexander Hamilton was born on a small Caribbean Island called Nevis. He was born on January 11,1752, though he hinted at being born two years later. Much of his early life is obscure. His mother was Rachel Fawcette, daughter of a Protestant French Planter and physician. Her parents marriage was unhappy and they eventually separated. Rachel went with her mother to the ... of the Constitutional Convention in 1787 at Philadelphia. At that convention, Hamilton was not able to play an important role. Hamilton desired a strong central federal government that had a president for life, but that wa...

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