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Gutierrez, Christian
Dr. Shrout
Hist 410
30th of October, 2016
Hamilton
First off, I am incredibly old fashion, without a doubt. That being said sitting down and watching the making of Hamilton was nothing short of difficult, luckily, of everyone portrayed in U.S.D currency Hamilton is one of my favorite just falling short of Andrew Jackson. Which is ironic because Andrew is the polar opposite of Alexander, Alexander Hamilton was the first secretary of treasury and the creator of the central bank of the United States, the bank of course being Andrew’s main enemy. Hamilton was a social elite and the “patron Saint of Wall St.” While Andrew was against the social elite a true Democrat who would’ve agreed more with Thomas Jefferson, who believed in the small farmer and a small government.
However, Hamilton was a genius when it came to setting up the United States financial system. He absorbed the national debt, and set the precedent for a capitalistic system which ties in with the previous readings. As my classmate Alec states early Atlantic history set the precedent for the capital system in where people would use capital to buy slaves to earn more capital. Hamilton created the first national debt, and as the saying goes to be a true American you need to have debt something to strive for to pay off to hold a stake in the country.
As horrific as it was to watch (and here the rap battles) the documentary at least provides a means to get through to a different audience. To educate the average American at one of the most crucial founding fathers of the United States. I also disagree with the judging of Washington owning slaves as historians we cannot judge those in the past knowing what we know now, to them owning slaves was part of the society and to judge them as racist is not correct.