Alexander Hamilton Quiz - 54 Trivia Questions!

Step into the world of Alexander Hamilton, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, whose life and contributions are celebrated in the hit musical 'Hamilton.'

Who published a series of pamphlets promoting the Loyalist cause in 1774?

John Smith
John Dickinson
Samuel Seabury
The British government

Who was the first US Secretary of the Treasury?

Alexander Hamilton
Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington

What was the name of the 23 year old woman who had an affair with US politician Alexander Hamilton in 1791?

Elizabeth
Mary Hamilton
Maria Reynolds
Elizabeth Hamilton

Who was the Episcopal Bishop of New York at the time of Hamilton's death?

Benjamin Moore
Charles Dickens
John Paul II
John Henry

What was the name of the town in New Jersey, USA, named after a governor who signed the charter for the Great Falls Factory?

Hudson Falls
The Falls
Jersey City
Paterson

What position did Alexander Hamilton hold in George Washington's first cabinet?

Secretary of the Treasury
Assistant to the President
Chief of the Army
Secretary of the Navy

What fractional unit of currency was proposed by James Hamilton in 1783?

Half-dollar
Half cent
Deciliter
Decimal

Which US Supreme Court case established the power of the federal government to establish a national bank?

McCulloch v. Maryland
The Bank of the United States v. Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. United States

What post did Alexander Hamilton hold in the US government from 1794 to 1795?

Treasury secretary
Assistant to the President
Federal Reserve Chairman
Secretary of the Treasury

What was the name of the last daily newspaper in New York City, which closed down in 1799 because of seditious libel?

Daily Times
Daily Advertiser
The New Yorker
New Yorker

Which US state refused to ratify the 1782 Constitutional amendment that gave Congress the power to tax imports?

Mississippi
Rhode Island
Kentucky
New York

What was the name of the husband of Maria Hamilton who extorted money from him to end his affair with her?

Mrs. Hamilton
Maria Hamilton's husband
Mary's father
James Reynolds

Which US President did Alexander Hamilton criticise in a pamphlet published in 1799?

Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
George Washington

What was the subject of a 1791 report by Alexander Hamilton?

Water
Manufactures
The United States
The government

At which battle of 1777 did George Washington and Alexander Hamilton defeat the British forces?

Virginia
Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown
Princeton

In which US state is the Great Falls of the Passaic River?

Illinois
Wisconsin
New York
New Jersey

What was the name of the naval force formed by Alexander Hamilton to combat smuggling off the coast of North America?

Sloops of war
Revenue cutters
American navy
The United States Coast Guard

On which Caribbean island did Alexander Hamilton write his famous letter to his father in 1772?

Bahamas
Saint Kitts
Saint Vincent
Grenada

What was the maiden name of Alexander Hamilton's wife, Elizabeth?

Schuyler
Alexander Hamilton
Jefferson
Hamilton

What was the surname of the brothers James and Alexander?

Wilson
McLaughlin
Hamilton
McKinnon

What was the policy of the United States during the War of 1793?

Neutral
Supporting the French
Indifferent
Supporting

Who was the US negotiator with Britain in 1795?

Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
John Jay
John Henry

What was the name of the artillery company led by George Hamilton during the American War of Independence?

Hearts of Oak
The First Virginia Company
The Virginia Volunteers
The First National

What was the name of the 19th century US revenue marine cutter that was renamed the Massachusetts II?

USS Massachusetts
The USS Massachusetts
The USS Maine
Massachusetts

What economic school is named after Alexander Hamilton?

The University of Chicago
American School
The School of the American Economy
The Hamilton School

In which American city was Alexander Hamilton born?

New York
Philadelphia
Charlestown
Pittsburgh

In 1782, Alexander Hamilton was appointed to the Continental Congress as a representative for which US state?

Maryland
Ohio
Virginia
New York

What was the name of the bank founded by Alexander Hamilton in 1783?

Bank of France
Federal Reserve
Bank of New York
The Federal Reserve

Which city was the capital of the United States from 1790 to 1791?

Washington, D.C.
New York
Philadelphia
Washington

What was the name of the 1794 insurrection in Pennsylvania and Virginia against a tax on whiskey?

Whiskey Rebellion
The Great Rebellion
The Great Depression
American Revolution

What position in the US government is based on Alexander Hamilton's theory of the administrative state?

Secretary of the Treasury
Representatives
Presidency
The Congress

What was the name of the wife of US President Alexander Hamilton?

Alexander Hamilton
Elizabeth Schuyler
George Washington
Virginia

What was the name of the law passed by Congress in 1792 that established the US Mint?

The Federal Reserve Act
Coinage Act
Mint Act of 1792
Mint Act

At which battle of the American War of Independence did Alexander Hamilton lead the New York Provincial Company of Artillery?

Battle of Yorktown
Fort Ticonderoga
Trenton
The Battle of Yorktown

Who shot Alexander Hamilton in a duel in Weehawken, New Jersey in 1804?

Aaron Burr
The United States government
George Washington
The New York Times

At which 1786 Convention did Alexander Hamilton draft the Constitution for the United States of America?

The Virginia Convention
Philadelphia Convention
Annapolis Convention
New York Convention

Thomas Jefferson and which other US President founded the Democratic-Republican Party?

George Washington
President Andrew Johnson
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson

Who was the senior major general in the Continental Army during the American War of Independence?

John Hancock
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Henry Knox

At which battle of the American War of Independence did Generals Washington and Hamilton defeat the British forces?

Battle of Bunker Hill
Yorktown
Virginia
The Battle of the Monmouth

Who was the first husband of Rachel Faucette?

James Hamilton
Her husband
Her husband's father
Charles F. Wells

What religion did British poet William Hamilton have a life-long reverence for?

Jews
Hindus
Catholics
Hinduism

Who was the next President of the USA, succeeding George Washington in 1799?

Adams
George Washington's son
James Madison
John Adams's brother

Who was the Secretary of State during the reign of James Madison and Alexander Hamilton?

James Madison's brother
John Quincy Adams
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson

Which country was led by Alexander Hamilton and was freed from slavery in 1804?

South Africa
France
Haiti and the United States
Haiti

Who was the only US President to vote against Hamilton's 1790 debt-restructuring plan?

Jefferson
Madison
Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson

Who did Alexander Hamilton duel with at the Society of the Cincinnati in 1783?

George Washington
The King of France
Benjamin Franklin
Burr

Who was the US President at the time of the Hamilton Affair?

George Washington
John Adams
James Monroe
Jefferson

Hamilton proposed an excise tax on what in 1790?

Coffee
Cotton
Whiskey
Cars

In the US Constitution, how long is the term of office for the President of the United States?

Two years
Five years and a half
A term of four years
Seven years

In which US state was a tax on alcoholic spirits introduced in 1791?

New York
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin

Which country did Britain refuse to join the League of Armed Neutrality?

Russia
The United Arab Emirates
United States
Germany

In 1791, US President James Madison introduced a bill to establish what in the US?

Union
The US government
a monetary system
Bank

Which US state was admitted to the Union in 1791 by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison?

New York
Vermont
Virginia
Alabama

The Great Falls of which river are in Paterson, New Jersey, USA?

The Hudson River
Hudson
The Hudson
Passaic
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