In the early days of the formation of the United States of America as an independent country, during the 18th century, many historical figures still remembered today – such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison – rose to power. In those years, it was proven that a person of any background could succeed and stand alongside the greats if they had enough ambition and used it wisely. One of those people was Alexander Hamilton, who arrived to New York at age seventeen, after spending his childhood in the Caribbean, and rapidly rose in American society, first in the military and later in political circles. Although he never became president, the contributions he made to the American financial system as well as his work on the Constitution could rival the efforts of the most accomplished Founding Fathers. His life and work are staged in Lin-Manuel Mirandaʼs musical Hamilton: The American Musical (2015). The musical shows the period from 1776–1804 through the lens of Hamilton’s life, a view rarely taken as he is often referred to as the ‘forgotten’ Founding Father. This graduation thesis examines the connection between historical events and their representation in Mirandaʼs musical. Special focus is on the most important relationships in Hamiltonʼs life. As a complex man, he had many friends as well as enemies, and those relationships all influenced the course of his life and even his death, which the musical portrays very well. Furthermore, those relationships greatly impacted the development of the young American nation and its future foundations.