Summary of Phillip Thomas Tucker's Alexander Hamilton's Revolution

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 James Hamilton, a Scottish merchant, had met Rachel in the Leeward Island of St. Kitts in 1750. They lived an unconventional lifestyle together for about fifteen years, until Rachel was unable to legitimize their relationship in legal terms.
#2 After nearly a decade of fleeing St. Croix, Lavien filed for divorce in 1759 in order to protect his one legitimate heir, Peter Lavien, while ensuring that Alexander and James were declared bastard and whore children’ who could never legally inherit any of his property.
#3 Alexander Hamilton’s life in Nevis, until age ten, and then Christiansted, St. Croix, was filled with the sights and sounds of the busy wharf and dock: noisy fishermen and sailors from around the world, black slaves, stately royal palms and orange trees loaded with ripe fruit, and flocks of low-flying brown pelicans.
#4 Alexander’s early experiences on St. Croix shaped his character and made him hate slavery. The world of the Danish West Indies shaped and molded the man destined to become one of America’s most beloved Founding Fathers.

Sujets

• Love
• Love (disambiguation)
• Autobiography
• Biography
• Lettres et linguistique
• Historical
• Sexualité
• sexualité
• Sexualité

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 31 juillet 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798822564480
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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#1

James Hamilton, a Scottish merchant, had met Rachel in the Leeward Island of St. Kitts in 1750. They lived an unconventional lifestyle together for about fifteen years, until Rachel was unable to legitimize their relationship in legal terms.

#2

After nearly a decade of fleeing St. Croix, Lavien filed for divorce in 1759 in order to protect his one legitimate heir, Peter Lavien, while ensuring that Alexander and James were declared bastard and whore children’ who could never legally inherit any of his property.

#3

Alexander Hamilton’s life in Nevis, until age ten, and then Christiansted, St. Croix, was filled with the sights and sounds of the busy wharf and dock: noisy fishermen and sailors from around the world, black slaves, stately royal palms and orange trees loaded with ripe fruit, and flocks of low-flying brown pelicans.

#4

Alexander’s early experiences on St. Croix shaped his character and made him hate slavery. The world of the Danish West Indies shaped and molded the man destined to become one of America’s most beloved Founding Fathers.

#5

Hamilton learned how to manage and operate the store from his mother, who was a successful businesswoman. He also learned about financial matters and became an expert at accounting. Meanwhile, his ambitions were frustrated by the constraints of the family stain and the short life in the hell of the tropics.

#6

Hamilton’s mother had secured him a position as a teenage apprentice at the mercantile firm of Beekman and Cruger, which was eventually to become Kortright and Cruger. He hated the job, however, and wanted to escape the Caribbean at the first opportunity.

#7

Alexander Hamilton gained a best friend in the merchant’s son Edward Ned Stevens, who was studying at King’s College in New York City. The two young Creoles were much alike, even sharing a hatred of slavery.

#8

Hamilton was promoted to a more responsible position in October 1771, when he took over for the company’s attorney and ship captain who had drained the company's profits. He proved himself to be a very effective manager.

#9

The young Alexander Hamilton left St. Croix in 1773, never to return. He was determined to make a name for himself, and he was smart, confident, and self-reliant. He was well-prepared for whatever he undertook in America.

#10

Hamilton, after arriving in America, quickly made friends and connections. He met a radical merchant named Alexander McDougall, one of the leading Sons of Liberty, in New York City. McDougall was destined to give a rousing speech that galvanized patriot support and greatly impressed Hamilton.

#11

Hamilton was accepted to the Elizabethtown Academy, a prep school, thanks to the letters of introduction provided by his St. Croix mentor, Reverend Hugh Knox. He then applied to King's College in New York City, which accepted him despite his Anglican and Loyalist beliefs.

#12

Hamilton was very patriotic, and he quickly became a diehard revolutionary and nationalist. He had a chip on his shoulder regarding the exploitive, arbitrary aristocratic authority of the British ruling class, as well as the abusive class structure on both sides of the Atlantic.

#13

After the move to New York, Hamilton’s patriotism soared. He became one of the leading revolutionaries of New York City, and was soon speaking on America’s behalf at the Common, where he delivered a speech that advocated a strong pro-Boston Tea Party stance and a commercial boycott of British goods.

#14

Hamilton was a man without a past when he first arrived in New York City. He wanted to prove that he was a true American and republican. He became a pamphleteer, and in December 1774, he published a Full Vindication of the Measure of Congress, which defended the American Revolution.

#15

John Jay, a leading revolutionary and New York delegate of the First Continental Congress, was believed to be the author of The Farmer Refuted. Hamilton early on desired to fight for the liberties of a freedom-loving people, and he took the initiative in other ways than just writing and speechmaking.

#16

In 1775, Hamilton intervened to save King’s College president Dr. Myles Cooper, who had been accused of Loyalist activities. He used his oratory skills to buy time for the panicked president to escape in the nick of time. He continued writing essays in favor of the American cause under the pseudonym of Monitor.

#17

When the war began, Hamilton was already planning on going into the army. He wanted to prove himself to everyone, and he wanted to be in active field command. He turned his sights on becoming a captain as a battery commander.

#18

Hamilton was a rare blend of a man of action and scholarly intellectual. He was one of the first Americans to unlimber a cannon in the name of America. However, he was not awarded a commission because of his lack of military experience.

#19

Hamilton was a good commander, and he proved that he adhered to his own words that had been read by large numbers of Americans in a recent pamphlet: the law of nature which gives every man a right to his personal liberty, and therefore confer no obligation to obedience.

#20

Hamilton was a popular and ideal commander, who early gained the respect of his gunners. He realized that it was only a matter of time before Great Britain launched a mighty expedition to crush the rebellion.

#21

General George Washington was impressed by the work done by Hamilton’s New York gunners, and he fought for them to be given equal pay with the Continental artillerymen.

#22

The American Revolution was beginning to feel like a never-ending battle, and the city of New York was no exception. In early July, General William Howe began to land British and Hessian troops on Staten Island, just south of New York City.

#23

The British Army landed on Long Island and attacked Washington’s rear guard on August 27, sending the American forces reeling.

#24

After the disastrous battle of Long Island, Washington attempted to hold the strategic island of New York, but he had to retreat north up Manhattan Island because the British Navy could land large numbers of troops north of his army to cut off their escape route.

#25

During the retreat to Harlem Heights, Hamilton was one of the last Americans to reach the safety of the new defense line. He and his New York gunners arrived after dark with their two New York cannon, which were placed in a position that gave them a panoramic view of the southern end of Manhattan Island.

#26

The Battle of Harlem Heights was the third battle between the Americans and the British, and it was just as bloody as the first two. Once again, the Americans were forced to retreat.

#27

Hamilton was able to stop the Hessians from turning Washington’s right flank by firing on their position from Chatterton’s Hill. Howe’s troops eventually captured the hill, but not before Hamilton was able to retire with his two guns.

#28

After the signing of the Declaration of Independence, euphoria had faded among patriots. New York City had been lost, and Washington had been defeated in a series of battles during the New York Campaign. Washington could not hold Manhattan due to the powerful Royal Navy, thousands of well-trained British and Hessian troops, and General Howe’s tactical skill.

#29

After crossing the Raritan River, Washington moved his army to New Brunswick, where he was protected by a river between him and his pursuers. But massive desertions left him with insufficient strength to make a defensive stand. Washington planned to continue his retreat toward eastern Pennsylvania and Philadelphia.

#30

After a job well done, Captain Hamilton became the talk of a grateful army. He had defended the Raritan ford in a critical situation, and saved the Continental Army from being captured.

#31

Hamilton was a young officer who was very popular with the ladies. He was also a very talented military commander, who had written a strategy that would eventually lead to the defeat of the British Army.

#32

Washington’s plan was to transport his remaining Continentals to the east side of the Delaware River in order to launch a surprise attack on the Hessian garrison of Trenton by sunrise on December 26.

#33

On Christmas Day, Washington’s ragtag revolutionaries assembled on the Delaware River’s west bank. They prepared to cross the ice-clogged river at McConkey’s Ferry about nine miles above Trenton. The first of Washington’s soldiers began to cross the Delaware in Durham boats.