Alexander+Hamilton's+Delegate+Profile

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__Profile Questions__
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 * Question: How about a brief biography? What is your background? **
 * Answer: I was born on January 11, 1755 in Nevis, British West Indies. I had very little education before I started work. I went to the colonies in 1772 for school. After a while, in an academy in New Jersey, I left and went to King's College. I was smart enough to not finish my college degree, so I left King's College in 1776 without graduating. I wanted to help fight for freedom in America, I got my chance in 1777. I became a Lieutenant Colonel in the Continental Army and became an assistant to the commanding general of the Continental Army, George Washington. I quickly became Washington's most valued right-hand man. In December of 1780, I married Elizabeth Schuyler. Two years later, I studied to be a lawyer. I attended the Continental Congress as a delegate from New York, from November 1782 through July 1783. In October of 1787, I helped write a lot of the papers to further the planned Constitution called the "Federalist". In September 1784, I became the first Secretary of the Treasury after the new government was created. I retired from the Secretary of the Treasury in 1795. I helped George Washington write his "Farewell Address" in 1796. In 1804, Aaron Burr, who was rumored to be part of a plot to break up the Union, challenged me to a duel. I thought he was the "the most unfit and dangerous man of the community". I met Burr at dawn on July 11, 1804 to duel. W ****e both fired, Burr shot me, I died the next day on July 12, 1804 at Weehawken, New Jersey. **


 * Question: Which should be stronger, the state government or the national government? Why? **
 * Answer: I believe the national should be stronger. I want the national government to be stronger because I think the Articles of Confederation should be taken out and replaced with a strong centralized government. The Articles of Confederation I believe, show that the United States is not one nation combined. **


 * Question: How should we determine the representation of the states in Congress? By population, money, equality...? **
 * Answer: We should determine the representation of the states in Congress by equality. We should do this so each state has as many people's idea's as the other states. **

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 * Question: Who should vote for the members of the legislature, and why? **
 * Answer: I think the Chief Executive should appoint the members of the legislature because the "chosen people"(legislature) know whats best for the country. **
 * Question: Should we have one or more than one chief executive? Why? **
 * Answer: We should have one Chief Executive with one Congress with the power to establish //"all"// the laws of the country. **

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 * Question; What kind of powers should the Chief Executive or Executives have? **
 * Answer: He should have complete power over the whole country. And he would have complete power over all the people. "No man's ideas were more remote from the plan than [mine] were known to be." **


 * Question: Who should elect the chief executive(s)? **
 * Answer: I think the Congress should elect the chief executives. **


 * Question: What should be done about slavery in the United States? Should it be kept or outlawed? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Answer:I think there should be no slaves because all men should be equal. Just because they are not the same color as me or other colonists, doesn't mean they are much different. That doesn't mean we should be able to own them. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Question: Should slaves count in the population toward representation? Why or why not? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Answer:I believe that slaves should be counted in the population toward representation. I think that because our ideal society was built on the very backs of black slaves and they have helped form this country as any other colonists did. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Question: Should the national government be able to regulate the commerce of the United States? Why or why not? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;"> Answer: The Chief Executive should be in complete control and common people should not be trusted with that high of authority. **

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__Friends__
 * George Washington, John Jay, James Madison

__Groups__
=__Citations__=
 * College Graduate
 * Big States


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 * 2) "Hamilton, Alexander." //Info:Main Page - New World Encyclopedia//. Web. 21 Sept. 2011. <http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Alexander_Hamilton>.
 * 3) "Alexander Hamilton — History.com Articles, Video, Pictures and Facts." //History.com — History Made Every Day — American & World History//. Web. 21 Sept. 2011. <http://www.history.com/topics/alexander-hamilton>.
 * 4) "Alexander Hamilton Biography - Life, Family, Parents, Death, History, School, Young, Son, Information, Born, College." //Encyclopedia of World Biography//. Web. 21 Sept. 2011. <http://www.notablebiographies.com/Gi-He/Hamilton-Alexander.html>.
 * 5) "Constitution Timeline of Important Dates." //Shmoop: Homework Help, Teacher Resources, Test Prep//. Web. 23 Sept. 2011. <http://www.shmoop.com/constitution/timeline.html>.