Show life of alexander hamilton alexander hamilton born january aay U 1757 on the british isle of nevis in the west indies was forced to support himself at the age of t velve twelve I 1 and came to america americ a three years later having adopted this country he fought for its in independence and became one of the outstanding statesmen of the infant republic his work as first secretary of the treasury in administration when he laid the groundwork for a sound money system in this country is perhaps his greatest contribution to posterity hamilton advocated a strong centralized government and a liberal interpretation of the constitution but his theories were opposed bitterly at that time by leading statesmen |