Alexander Hamilton Positives And Negatives

Alexander Hamilton; a man that’s known mostly for being the main character of the musical of the same name, being on the ten dollar bill, and writing fifty-one of the eighty-five Federalist Papers. When one thinks of him, more often than not, one of these three things will come to mind, or some combination of the three. But, really, he did so much more than that in his surprisingly not-so-well known occupation; that being, being the first Secretary of the Treasury. In his time in office, he introduced a multitude of different ideas and plans, all of which formed many systems that still exist to this day. The Federal Reserve System, the two-party system… this, and so much more, was formed by Hamilton. At least, the basis of it for this country was; and yet… not many people know about it. On September 2nd, 1789, George Washington signed a bill which created the Treasury department on that day. Nine days later, Alexander Hamilton had
Those who were of the latter of the two, had ended up forming one of the two first political parties of the country; namely, the Federalist party. It consisted of people who, like Hamilton himself, supported a strong, central government, as well as some other stuff like positive relations with Britain. Of course, not everyone agreed with him, or his ideas; of these people was none other than Thomas Jefferson, who, as we know, has been his long-standing rival during most, if not all, of his political career. Soon enough, another political party popped up, whose main purpose was to, in the simplest words, rival the Federalist party; it was known as the Democratic-Republican Party. Essentially dividing the nation into two, this is what started our two-party system. Though this wasn’t exactly something he did directly, and was mostly a result of his work, it’s still a major part of society that rules over