Hamilton Social Studies

Where did Lin get the idea to write the musical Hamilton?

He was on vacation and he grabbed a book on Hamilton and he thought it was interesting

What age was Hamilton when his mother died?

12

What age was Hamilton when a hurricane destroyed his hometown of San Croix?

17

What city did Hamilton move to when he came to America?

New York

After 2 years of working, how many songs had Lin written?

2 songs

Who lived a very similar life to Hamilton, including losing all family at a young age, military service, and the same profession?

Arron burr

Who did Hamilton NEVER meet that is part of the musical?

King George

Hamilton becomes the right-hand man of whom?

George Washington

Was Hamilton promoted as a soldier or secretary?

Secretary

What was Hamilton looking for throughout the Revolutionary time period?

The women of his dreams

Washington gives Hamilton his first field command where?

Yorktown

Burr literally lost his entire family and even his what?

His extended family

Hamilton personally extended the call for what in Philadelphia in 1787?

Constitutional Convention

Jefferson come back from France and has been named to what position?

Secretary of state

Hamilton has to create much of what from scratch?

The fed gov, budget system, tax system, customs system, coast guard, first monetary system, first national bank, first director of the Federal Reserve

Washington realizes in 1792 that what two members of his Cabinet are not getting along?

Hamilton and Jefferson

For what did Hamilton trade away the capital from NYC?

the passage of his debt plan

What did Washington own

Slaves; The founding father are not perfect people and they still made contributions to our country

What did Washington teach our young country

How to say goodbye

How to pass power peacefully

G.W put the U.S ahead of other countries then and now

What was Hamiltons biggest flaw?

He would never shut up

Reynolds affair and pamphlet and blackmail

How did Hamiltons eldest son Phillip die?

Gunned down in a duel to defend Hamilton

Who seems to be stopping Aaron Burr at every stage of his personal advancment to becoming presdient and governor of NY?

Jefferson

What did Hamilton do that finally made Burr challenge him to a duel

He said an opinion about him at a dinner party that Burr didnt like

People didnt duel to kill each other. Why did they duel?

To prove that they were brave enough to be there

How many times in his life did Hamilton almost find himself in a duel

10

HE AIMED HIS PISTOL AT THE ____ WAITT!!!

SKY