Alexander Hamilton is one of the most argued over figures in American history, and that alone tells you something important. He was never comfortable, never easy, and never interested in applause. Born illegitimate in the Caribbean, raised amid loss and instability, Hamilton arrived in America with no inheritance except urgency. He believed independence without structure was an illusion and that liberty required systems strong enough to survive human nature.

We trace Hamilton’s life from obscurity to influence, from the chaos of revolution to the hard work of building a nation that could actually function. We will follow him as soldier, writer, constitutional architect, and the first Secretary of the Treasury, a man who wired the republic with credit, authority, and consequence. We will also confront his flaws, his scandals, his enemies, and the choices that led to his violent death.

Hamilton did not ask to be loved. He asked to be effective. Two centuries later, the country is still living inside the systems he built.