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Once the war ended, Alexander Hamilton settled in New York, and began his great legal career.
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Alexander Hamilton Once the war ended, Alexander Hamilton settled in New York, and began his great legal career. In this time, he had served in the Continental Congress in 1782 and gained experience for his law practice. However, the most famous thing he did at that time was the key part he played in the 1786 Annapolis Convention, which addressed issues in interstate commerce. It was his role in the convention, which highlighted the terrible government established under the Articles of Confederation. Most importantly, it established his reputation as the primary supporter of a strong central government for the newly independent colonies. He attended the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, but his open support of strong government above all his suggestion of electing a president for life, placed him in the minority. Hamilton viewed of the constitution in a different way than most other government figures at...
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