A home geography of New York city . CHAPTER XLI alexander hamiltonThe First Secretary of the Treasury After the Stamp Act head been passed men gradually formedinto two political parties : those who sided with England werecalled Tories; those who were against England were called the war was over menwere obliged to establish anew government for theUnited States. This causeda great deal of public discus-sion. There were many dif-ferent opinions about manythings, so two parties wereformed. They were not thesame as the old politicalparties. Alexander Hamilton wasthe leader of the party
A home geography of New York city . CHAPTER XLI alexander hamiltonThe First Secretary of the Treasury After the Stamp Act head been passed men gradually formedinto two political parties : those who sided with England werecalled Tories; those who were against England were called the war was over menwere obliged to establish anew government for theUnited States. This causeda great deal of public discus-sion. There were many dif-ferent opinions about manythings, so two parties wereformed. They were not thesame as the old politicalparties. Alexander Hamilton wasthe leader of the party calledthe Federalists. Washingtondid not belong to either of thenew parties. He asked gentlemen of both parties to become mem-bers of his Cabinet. Alexander Hamilton became his Secretary ofthe Treasury. 199. Alexander Hamilton 200 HOME GEOGEAPHY OF NEW YOEK CITY Alexander Hamilton was born in the British West were no good schools on his island home, so his friends senthim to New York. When he reached New York he wished toenter Kings College. He studied very hard, and at the end of oneyear he was admitted and soon became famous among the boysfor his fine speeches. Hamilton, though only a boy, was a good Tory when he camehere, but he soon became a Whig. When only seventeen years oldhe made a remarkable patriotic speech at one of the public meetings held on The Common. Many menX were surprised to hear a boy of his age make such a shook hands with him andsaid he would be a great mansome day. When the war began Hamil-ton joined the army and was soonmade captain of an artillery com-pany. He devoted much time todrilling his soldiers. He was thenonly nineteen years old and he looked much younger. Washingtonsaw him drilling his company and became interested in him. A short
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