Astatue of alexander hamilton”
architect of the capitol

1 according to modern historians, alexander hamilton was born on the island of nevis, in the west indies, on january 11, 1755 or 1757. at the age of 12, after the death of his mother and abandonment by his father, he found employment with the local office of a new york merchant. because hamilton’s business skills and intelligence were apparent, funds were raised to send him to america to further his education. after arriving in the united states, he traveled to new york city, enrolled at a grammar school in new jersey, and then entered king’s college (now columbia university) the following year.
2 before the american revolution, hamilton expressed anti-british sentiments through letters, pamphlets, and speeches. in 1775, he fought against the british in a militia company, and a year later he was appointed a captain of artillery. he continued to advance with his appointment as aide-de-camp to general george washington with the rank of lieutenant colonel. hamilton played an important role in the military victories of the battle of monmouth and the yorktown campaign.

how does the author’s word choice in paragraph 2 impact the tone of the passage?

a. it emphasizes an oppositional tone by focusing on hamilton’s negative feelings toward britain.

b. it emphasizes an approving tone by focusing on hamilton’s dedication and determination.

c. it emphasizes an egotistical tone by focusing on hamilton’s insistence and quest for power.

d. it emphasizes a commanding tone by focusing on hamilton’s promotions within the military.

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In just over one hundred years, between 1701 and 1810, 252,500 enslaved africans were brought to barbados—an island that occupies only 166 square miles (making it, today, one of the smallest countries in the world). the english then set out to conquer more sugar islands, starting with jamaica, which they took from spain in 1655. in the same period that the 252,500 africans were brought to barbados, 662,400 africans were taken to jamaica. thus, sugar drove more than 900,000 people into slavery, across the atlantic, to barbados and jamaica—and these were just two of the sugar islands. the english were eagerly filling antigua, nevis, saint kitts, and montserrat with slaves and sugar mills. they took over much of dutch guiana for the same reason. seeing the fortunes being made in sugar, the french started their own scramble to turn the half of the island of hispaniola that they controlled (which is now haiti), as well as martinique, guadeloupe, and french guiana (along the south american coast near dutch guiana), into their own sugar colonies, which were filled with hundreds of thousands more african slaves. by 1753, british ships were taking average of 34,250 slaves from africa every year, and by 1768, that number had reached 53,100. –sugar changed the world, marc aronson and marina budhos how do the authors use historical evidence to support their claim? x(a) they use secondary sources to show how french and english monarchs were indifferent to enslaved people. x(b)they use secondary sources to show that enslaved people often fought for their freedom after arriving in the caribbean. the answer is: (c)they use facts from primary sources to show how countries increased the number of enslaved people to produce more sugar. x(d)they use primary source interviews to show that countries could make more money in trading sugar without using enslaved people.