Alexander Hamilton shocking facts. From birth to Broadway. Duels, death and scandals.

1. Shocking
FACTs
about
the

2. Hamilton's first child,
Phillip, was killed in 1801
in a duel by a man whom
he had publicly insulted
in the middle of a
Manhattan theater.

3. Hamilton was an
immigrant born out
of wedlock in the
West Indies

4. He was Killed by Sitting
Vice president aaron
Burr, in a duel
Provoked by bitter
political rivalry
between the two.

5. He was The first
Major American
Politician to become
involved in a
sex scandal

6. HE endorsed the Alien and
Sedition Acts of 1798,
which made it harderfor
immigrantstobecomecitizens
while allowing their
deportation if they were
suspected of disloyalty

7. He opposed slavery & founded
"the New York Society for
Promoting the Manumission
of Slaves, and Protecting
Such of Them as Have Been, or
May be Liberated" the main
anti-slavery organization in
New York (1785).

8. Alexander Hamilton
also Helped
establish the
electoral college

9. “There are seasons in
every country when
noise and impudence
pass current for worth;
and in popular
commotions especially,
the clamors of
interested and factious
men are often mistaken
for patriotism. ”
Alexander Hamilton