alexander hamilton

So Ive been obsessing over "the room where it happened" from Hamilton and was wondering if you could be a fly on the room to any "room where it happened" which would you choose mine are the Guayaquil conference of Bolivar and San Martin The time as Lin puts it where "Two virginians and an...

This is a conspiracy theory I had in middle School. Hamilton threw away his shot becuase the Federalists had no chance to recover with him after the Reynolds Pamphlet but he could wound the Democratic Republicans by making the VP Burr a murderer and himself a martyr of the Federalists. My...

The Legacy of 96, A Hamilton Presidency and Beyond: Chapter One; Hamilton's America The election of 1796 presented the first real question of who would lead the United States of America. No one in their right mind would’ve voted against George Washington, and he had won both elections...

Hello! My name is AlecFanatic and I’m going to be attempting a AH fictionalization of Alexander Hamilton’s life. I'll be starting from his journey to America as a 17 year old and finishing with Hamilton as President. I’m going to be aligning as closely as possible with all available records and...

Philip Hamilton, Founding Father Alexander Hamilton's eldest son, was raised as the perfect man. He was sent to an elite boarding school where he was read law nearly all day and learnt proper discipline, and once he did graduate, he was recorded to be quite the womanizer. The only thing that...

It appears my fascination with the early United States has no end. I was watching the HBO miniseries John Adams (2008) this afternoon when a notion I had never truly considered flew across my mind. In episode 6, when the House of Representatives is voting on the contingent election between...

Howdy folks, welcome to my newest creative endeavor. The scene opens on a bright, sunny morning at the Massachusetts State House. The grounds are jam-packed with cheering spectators, all of whom had come to see one man - Harrison Gray Otis. Otis, having spoken the final phrase of his oath, had...

In 1798, Alexander Hamilton, Former Secretary of the Treasury, and James Monroe, Future 5th President of the United States, almost had a duel where its likely Hamilton would've died six years earlier. So, what if that duel happened leading to Hamilton's death and because of that, Jefferson, of...

As a young, avid writer of Alternate History, I have written numerous timelines in my free time. However, I have never had the confidence to post them to this site, but I finally have a timeline I feel excited and proud enough to post here. I hope you enjoy. President John Adams's shocking...

Alexander Hamilton famously met his death in a duel with Aaron Burr. But he came very close to dueling another famous figure. During the Reynolds affair, Hamilton accused James Monroe of leaking documents that incriminated him. In retaliation, Monroe challenged Hamilton to a duel. Ironically, it...

So, I was watching Drunk History and reading the Alexander Hamilton wikipedia page to verify what I had heard and found that Alexander Hamilton and James Monroe could have almost come to blows in relation to the Reynolds Affair (the below quote is taken from Alexander Hamilton's wikipedia page...

Normally, AH WI's about Hamilton focus on a potential presidency. But I would like to propose a different scenario. In 1777, Alexander Hamilton participated in the Battle of Princeton and was involved in bringing up three cannons and having them fire upon Nassau Hall, where the remaining British...

The Stars Fly High Time is never-ending, our universe is but one of many. Outside the restraints of our known Galaxy is multiple realities connected together in one great blanket of existence. Across this great blanket of reality lays infinite possibilities. Every question that could ever be...

Aaron Burr's political hopes may have been ruined by his infamous duel with Alexander Hamilton, but it wasn't the only duel he took part in. In September of 1799, he fought a duel with John Barker Church (coincidentally married to one of Hamilton's sisters-in-law), who accused him of taking a...

History can often turn on single events. - A young Lieutenant George Washington almost got himself killed during the French and Indian War. - Benjamin Franklin sailed many times to Paris to gain and maintain royal French support. The British were looking for him at sea. What if he were killed...

Alexander Hamilton secretly promoted a plan, already rejected by John Adams, in which American and British troops would combine to seize Spanish Florida and Louisiana, ostensibly to deter a possible French invasion. Hamilton's critics, including Abigail, saw in his military buildups the signs of...

In 1804, Vice-President Aaron Burr challenged Alexander Hamilton to a duel. Burr was furious over Hamilton's support of a rival Republican over him for Governor of New York, in addition to Hamilton's personal attacks on Burr's character. Hamilton considered accepting Burr's offer, but...

With a POD, in which Alexander Hamilton never has that Affair, and wasn’t killed by Aaron Burr. What if, Alexander Hamilton ran for President in 1808 against Madison, and won by a close margin. What would his policies be? How could he handle the War of 1812? Would there even be a war? How...

Otl, Alexander Hamilton, with endorsement from both Adams and Washington, was the third president of the US. his term saw massive centralization in the federal government, and a fair amount in the president. He increased tariffs massively, in a clear and successful attempt to kick start...

Chapter 1: Death of a Prominent American President Lafayette “I have missed the Fourth, it is fitting that I have caught this day. Poetic.” -the last entry of Lafayette’s journal, transcribed by Thomas Jefferson. In no more than five paragraphs, briefly describe the life and death of a...