Did the people of Alexander Hamilton's island send him away because they thought he was crazy, or because they wanted him to get a better education because of how smart and talented he was?
1 Answer
They wanted him to get a proper education.
Explanation:
Alexander Hamilton lived in the British West Indies for his youth. A hurricane then ravaged the town of Christiansted in 1772. Hamilton then preceded to write a letter to his father, in which he gave a very detailed account of the hurricane.
A local minister got his hands in the letter and published it in the newspaper the Royal Danish-American Gazette. The minister thought that the letter was full of "bombastic excesses" and he said it was wondrous that a self-educated clerk could write with such verve and gusto.
When the letter was published, community leaders were very impressed with Hamilton and agreed to send him to the mainland and fund his education. If it wasn't for this, our country's history might have turned up quite different.
In the musical play Hamilton, there is a song that talks about his childhood and explains the events that happened to him. The link is below, and make sure to listen and comprehend the lyrics.
