The Musical Hamilton As A Historiography

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Recommended: Importance of the study of history

Of the many career paths I picked as a child being a historian was never on that list. For the longest time I disliked learning about history. I felt that it was a waste of time to learn about the beginning of the American government because it couldn’t possibly be any different from how it is today. Now looking back shamefully at my younger self I know for a fact that our world today is in so many ways different from the world that was alive not 200 years ago. The musical Hamilton was in many ways the spark that ignites the flame for me. Not only does it talk about the beginning of America but also it focuses on the fact that Hamilton, an immigrant, didn’t have a fair start in the race for recognition in our country. Regardless, he climbed

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