Why Is Alexander Hamilton Important

Alexander Hamilton had a very important role in the founding of our nation. When George Washington was elected president, he appointed Alexander Hamilton to the role of Secretary of Treasury, for the country was in a great amount of debt due to the Revolutionary War. To assist in trying to reduce the debt, Hamilton, who had been forming ideas of a national bank in about 1779, suggested that Congress should charter the national bank. He believed the bank should have a start of $10 million in which $2 million would be handled by the government. This bill passed through the senate without issue, but the problem would be with the House of Representatives. Four years after getting the bill passed in 1791, Hamilton resigned from his position