Confederation and suggested the necessity of centralization. He was also one of the first to suggest adequate checks on the anarchic tendencies of the time. At twenty-seven, with the Revolutionary War over, Hamilton began anon-military career. After three months of intensive study of the law inAlbany, New York, Hamilton was admitted to the bar in July of 1783. Then, after the British armyevacuated New York City, he opened his law office at 57 Wall Street. Hamilton also continued with hispolitical endeavors. He served in Congress from 1782 to 1783, was elected to the Continental Congress,and founded the Bank of New York in February of 1784. Once elected, Hamilton remained politically active all of his life. He prepared but did not present aproposal calling for a convention with full powers to revise the Articles of Confederation. Instead, hebecame one of the prime movers for calling the Annapolis Convention. At the Annapolis Convention inSeptember of 1786, Hamilton served as one of three delegates from New York. He supported Madison ininducing the Convention to exceed its delegated powers and personally drafted the call to summon theFederal Convention of May 1787 at Philadelphia. At that Convention, Hamilton again represented NewYork as one of three delegates. Hamilton's own presence at the Convention was limited. His colleagues from New York representedconverse political views from Hamilton. They chose to withdraw from the convention, leaving New Yorkwithout an official delegation and Hamilton without a vote. However, he did make one remarkable speechon June 18th, 1787. In this he attacked the states' rights proposal of William Paterson. In this speech heupheld the British government as the best model from the world for the colonists to use. He advocatedthat the best solution lied in an aristocratic, strongly centralized, coercive,...
