1768 * Rachel, Hamilton's mother, died.
1772 * Hamilton left St. Croix for the North American colonies.
1773 * Hamilton began his studies at the Francis Barber Academy.
1774 * Hamilton entered Columbia University.
1776 * Continental Congress declared independence.
* Hamilton left college to join the New York militia.
1777 * Hamilton became an aide-de-camp to General George Washington.
* The Articles of Confederation were drafted.
1780 * Hamilton married Eliza Schuyler.
1781 * Hamilton led an attack during the Battle of Yorktown.
1782 * Hamilton passed the New York bar exam and became a lawyer.
* Hamilton became a continental receiver.
* Hamilton became a New York delegate to the Continental Congress.
1783 * The Newburgh Conspiracy erupted.
* The Continental Congress fled to New Jersey in the face of threatened mutiny by soldiers in Pennsylvania.
* The Treaty of Paris officially ended the Revolutionary War.
1784 * Hamilton defended Joshua Waddington in Rutgers v. Waddington.
* Hamilton founded the Bank of New York.
1786 * Hamilton was elected to the New York legislature.
* Maryland and Virginia invited the other states to a convention in Annapolis to address the problems of trade between the states.
* Hamilton journeyed to Annapolis as one of New York's delegates.
1787 * The Constitutional Convention convened in Philadelphia.
* Hamilton was one of three delegates from New York.
1788 * The new Constitution was ratified.
1789 * George Washington became the nation's first president.
* Hamilton became the first secretary of the Treasury.
1791 * Aaron Burr replaced Philip Schuyler as senator from New York.
1797 * President Washington left office.
1797 * John Adams was sworn in as the second president.
1801 * Jefferson became the third president.
* Hamilton's son Philip was killed in a duel.
1802 * The Hamiltons moved into their new home, the Grange.
1804 * Hamilton campaigned against Burr's run for the governorship of New York.
* Hamilton shot to death in a duel with Burr.
1805 * Thomas Jefferson was sworn in for his second term as president with a new vice president, George Clinton.
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