Founding Father Alexander Hamilton is born in Charlestown on Nevis, an island in the Caribbean Sea. Hamilton emigrated to New York before the American Revolution, joined a New York militia unit, and later became George Washington's chief-of-staff. In the new republic, Hamilton signed the Constitution and served as the first Secretary of the Treasury under Washington.
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