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    Alexander Hamilton was one of the most influential people in America. He was the first secretary of US treasury. He built the financial foundation of the new and independent country and started the America's National Bank.       Hamilton was born on the Caribbean island of Nevis between 1755 and 1557 (his birth year is not confirmed). His childhood was very rough. His dad left and his mother died from severe illness. He managed to fend for himself and survive on his own. He got hired as a clerk in a trade company.      He became popular after he wrote and published a letter about a hurricane that striked his home island. Locals helped raise money to send him to New York. He arrived in America in 1772.      By writing many more letters and pamphlets he captured more attention and managed to interest Washington, who later on hired him as his staff. He married Eliza Schuyler in 1780 - they had eight children (One of them, more...

      Thomas Jefferson influenced the US a lot. Not only he had written the Decleration of Independence in 1776 but also helped shape the America's Constitution by formal letters to his friend James Madison, from France - as the American ambassador to France. He then became the third president of the USA during the election of 1800' (after the first results were published Aaron Burr and Thomas Jefferson were tied - Jefferson won only because of Alexander Hamilton's endorsment).      He fought with racism - for the freedom of people. He stabilized the USA's economy and doubled the size of America by brokering the Louisiana purchase. After he retired to Monticello he proceeded to continue his grand project - the University of Virginia. He died on July 4th 1826. Source: https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/thomas-jefferson/     

Links: https://www.civiced.org/lesson-plans/washington     George Washington is one of the most importat people in America's history. He made USA independent and with a small army of young rebels defeated the UK - a global superpower and America's colonizer. He with help of Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jeffersson and many other founding fathers wrote the US constitution and then became the first president of the new, free and independent USA.      He was the commander in chief during the Revolution War and even though his armies were outnumbered, outpowered and outplanned he managed to avoid failure and he wore down the British forces and achieved victory, securing the USA's freedom.       After he set America free he returned to Mount Vernon and continued his life as a normal citizen with his wife Martha Washington and two kids. He died in 1799 at the age of 67.