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Alexander Hamilton: The Immigrant Who Helped Build a Nation Born poor, fatherless, and abandoned in the Caribbean, Hamilton had every reason to fade into obscurity. But at just 11 years old, he was working in a trading post — and dreaming bigger. One powerful letter about a hurricane caught the eye of local leaders… and changed his life forever. Sent to New York, he rose from immigrant boy to Revolutionary War hero, fighting beside George Washington. He shaped America’s Constitution, built its f