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Mar 2, 2018 · Aaron Burr is mostly remembered for a single violent act, the fatal shooting of Alexander Hamilton in their famous duel in New Jersey on July 11, 1804. But Burr was also involved in a number of other controversial episodes, including one of the most disputed elections in American history and a peculiar expedition to the western territories that resulted in Burr being tried for treason.
Aaron Burr had traveled West just six months before to carve out his own empire. Now, he would return East to stand trial for treason. Nearly 200 years later, the exact details of what became ...
On July 11, 1804, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr met on the dueling grounds at Weehawken, New Jersey, to fight the final skirmish of a long-lived political and personal battle. When the duel ...
Jan 14, 2016 · That man was Aaron Burr, the Vice President of the United States at the time. Killing Hamilton ruined his political career, but he lived for three more decades, casting a long spell over American history. As historian Gordon S. Wood said, “Burr is no ordinary historical figure. His life is scarcely credible.”.
The Burr conspiracy was a plot alleged to have been planned by Aaron Burr in the years during and after his term as Vice President of the United States under US President Thomas Jefferson. According to the accusations against Burr, he attempted to use his international connections and support from a cabal of US planters, politicians, and army ...
Apr 14, 2016 · Burr fought against an ugly tide of anti-immigrant sentiment in the young republic, led by Hamilton’s Federalist party, which suggested that anyone without English heritage was a second-class ...
Jun 25, 2020 · His maternal grandfather was Jonathan Edwards, a famed preacher and theologian, and his father, Aaron Burr Sr. was a minister and educator who had founded the College of New Jersey in 1746, 10 ...
