How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a scotsman, dropped in the middle of a
forgotten spot in the caribbean by providence
impoverished, in squalor grow up to be a hero and a scholar?
The military does crazy things to a man. Just look at Napoleon. Hamilton is to government in America what Napoleon is to conflict in Europe.
>>1239762
The ten dollar, founding father without a father, got a lot farther by working a lot harder, by being a lot smarter, by being a self starter, by fourteen, they placed him in charge of a trading charter
>>1239877
Damn, you got bars man...
>>1239762
American dream, bitch
Did the musical whitewash the history of the period?
alexander hamilton was the son of a successful businessman and the grandson of a scottish laird, and had private tutors growing up, in a time when the colonial bourgeoisie was rising rapidly in wealth and power. the rags to riches narrative could scarcely be more false.
