Aaron Burr's Founding Brothers

Chidsey writes this part very carefully. When it came to the actual duel, he paints the picture of two willing gentlemen taking their pistols and following all the preset rules for a duel back during that time period. Hamilton won the right to say “present” at which time both of the men would fire. Both men fired, but Hamilton’s shot went high. Chidsey makes a note as to this and writes later that “no sides would taken here in the dispute that raged for years, and may still be raging in remote corners of libraries, as to whether Hamilton or Burr shot

A little less than 30 years, the Election of 1800 went to a deadlock between Thomas Jefferson who was running for president, and Aaron Burr who was running for vice president, at this point it meant that the house of representatives had to vote for who would be the new President. Even then the house of representatives went to a tie, but Alexander still needed to vote. Hamilton didn’t support either side, but because he hated Burr more than he hated Jefferson he decided to vote for Jefferson, making him the president instead of Burr. This heated relationship worsened even farther when Hamilton criticized Burr at a dinner Party. Letters were exchanged between the men and it led to Burr being challenged to a

On July 11, 1804, the most famous duel in American history took place between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, then the Vice President of the United States. Ellis first relates the most common version of the duel story, which states that, in accordance with the rules or customs of code duello, Hamilton and Burr shot at one another from a distance of ten paces on the plains of Weehawken, NJ. Hamilton was mortally wounded, and died the next day. Burr, although unharmed, could never recover his political standing afterwards.

The final decision was Thomas Jefferson. Burr became Vice President. During the duel there were spectators. Seconds of both men were there. After the event the eyewitnesses or seconds joined forces to create a published article, and the article said according to ( Duel At

He's also saying the loss of either of them would disrupt the world since they’re both huge aspects of the political and general world. Ron Chernow tells us that both men were neither vengeful nor angry leading up to their final battle. The eye witness from“Eyewitness Testimony: William P. Van Ness, Nathaniel Pendleton” tells us that in fact “Both entered the duel from weak positions, hoping to reap some measure of political rehabilitation.” Miranda altered this information to keep his audience’s heart on Hamilton. If he didn’t, everyone would feel as though the battle was neutral and their emotions wouldn’t be as engaged in the storyline.

Aaron Burr was hesitant in dueling Alexander Hamilton because he didn’t want to kill Hamilton intentionally, only wanted to prove that he was a stronger person than Hamilton, and afterwards Burr felt worse about it than feeling powerful which led Burr to not be justified in dueling Alexander Hamilton. At the time, dueling was a way to solve any problems between two people who disliked each other. Burr and Hamilton could have dealt with their problems differently then trying to duel it out. Both, Burr and Hamilton, had to prove to the citizens that one of them is much powerful and trustworthy than the other person. Many other decisions Burr made didn’t make him justified in dueling Alexander Hamilton.

The Hamilton-Burr Duel Questions: • How did they meet? • How did their feud arise? • What led them to want the duel? • What was the outcome of the duel (Who died?) • How did the outcome of the duel affect the community?

Thomas Jefferson, the great president and the writer of the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson did not expect the Declaration of Independence to end slavery, his slavery clause indicates his distaste for the growth of the institution of slavery and yet his actions are inconsistent related to slavery. He tried to get the slave trade abolished, yet he owned slaves, it has been said he had a sexual relationship with one of his slaves, and he used them for his plantations. Why did he go through the trouble to even stop slaves when he owned so many?

Burr did have his reasons to duel against Hamilton, which he thought would regain his power, but in the end, ruined his reputation. The fight for honor and power was the biggest reason these two men went to Weehawken, NJ on July 11th, 1804 and drew pistols at one another to fight for their political lives. Burr was justified to take part in this duel, due to the unruling actions that Hamilton had taken to anger Burr and ruin his reputation. The very first clash that these two men came encounter with was at the Senate race in 1791. Aaron burr was running for the senate against Hamilton’s father-in-law.

During Thomas Jefferson's presidency he exhibited a man who was strongly against slavery and believed in freedom. Jefferson believed that slavery would soon be a destruction to America. He also saw slavery was an abolishment of the right to personal liberty. During the American Revolution, Jefferson began to be involved with the legislation, hoping it would result in the end of slavery. As Jefferson began his journey to end slavery, the population began to increase.

Hamilton and Burr spend years in an eternal struggle for power in the newly formed United States colonies. In 1800, Burr runs for President against Thomas Jefferson. They get the same amount of electoral votes, so the House of Representatives is responsible for choosing their new president. Hamilton voices his opinion of Burr and his approval of Jefferson. Burr loses to election but becomes Vice President.

Alexander Hamilton died on the morning of July 12, 1804 in the famous Burr-Hamilton duel at Weehawken, New Jersey. The two had been enemies for a long time, ever since the revolution. When Hamilton started to publicly insult Aaron Burr right before the election of 1800, he started down the road which lead to his fateful duel. To Hamilton and the Federalist party this election was like picking between a cobra or a rattlesnake, both considered very dangerous. This was a tough decision, but Hamilton thought Thomas Jefferson would be the less dangerous of the two, so when he heard that his party was going to vote for Burr he said, "Nothing has given me so much chagrin as the Intelligence that the Federal party were thinking seriously of supporting

The work of him and other fellow abolitionists helped end slavery in the United States.(PUT IN HOW HE WAS FINALLY FREEDED BY PAYING HIS WAY OUT AND THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT HIM BEING EDUCATED. THE LECTURES AND SPEECHES HE WOULD

Because of many of his radical views, he gained a lot of opposition in both the Federalist and Democratic-Republican parties, and was forced to resign, yet still remained popular, with a greatly valued opinion (Brookhiser). Hamilton then lost his firstborn son (Phillip) in a duel when Phillip challenged George Eacker to uphold his father’s honor. And yet Hamilton refused to remain quiet and openly opposed Aaron Burr in the election of 1800, and worked against Burr again when the Vice President ran for New York governorship. In an attempt to heal his wounded pride, Aaron Burr challenged Hamilton to a duel, and the discredited Alexander Hamilton died the day after. (Foner).

“Buchanan, a Democrat who was morally opposed to slavery but believed it was protected by the U.S. Constitution, was elected”( Source #5)This quote explains how another president had the same mindset of Abraham but still couldn't officially end slavery. ”Taylor entered the White House at a time when the issue of slavery and its extension into the new western territories (including Texas) had caused a major rift between the North and South”(Source #7). This quote quote explains how other presidents made slavery worst. Although having different ideas than other presidents Abrahams’ assassination was unjustified because other American presidents did not make much changes or just made it worst. While Abraham Lincoln made on of the most important decisions by freeing the slaves.