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The meaning of the words in the constitution is fixed in time and a new generation of people cannot just decide that for them they want it to mean something else. What they can do is make amendments.

I really don't see how the later actions of Hamilton effect at all that during the convention he was not an important player.

Was Washington a bit player? Let me look that up and find out. Because I can't just decide what I want it to be I have to look for the truth. I can no more change history than I can change the meaning of the words in the Constitution. Words are static and even if the meanings change over time there once was a meaning that was intended by the authors.

Tentatively what I found was that during the convention people considered him to be an influential man but he made no speeches and therefore despite his influence he did not exercise it. He had only a small role in making the Constitution. Later though "He made up the Bill Of Rights which are the first ten amendments of the Constitution. He fixed the weaknesses of the Articles Of Confederation. He contributed to making the Virginia Plan and three-fifths compromise."

I did not spend any time confirming that.

The people do not define what the constitution means but the supreme court does interpret what the founders meant.