An Understanding of Aaron Burr In the fall of 2015‚ the musical Hamilton made its first broad way appearance. It immediately was a hit and caused Alexander Hamilton‚ the man the show is based off of‚ to become a household name and not just one that is seen in textbooks. Besides Hamilton becoming very popular‚ so did some of the people who were associated with him. One of those people include Aaron Burr‚ the man who shot Alexander Hamilton. Burr‚ a fellow politician to Hamilton‚ had known him
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Aaron Burr stood in front of Alexander Hamilton‚ gun in hand‚ on July 11‚ 1804‚ ready to eliminate this threat once and for all. The tension that built up after so long had finally driven both men over the edge. Burr knew he couldn’t die today; he couldn’t let Alexander “make an orphan of [his] daughter” (“The World”). At the last moment‚ Alexander lifted his gun to the sky‚ and‚ before he could stop himself‚ Burr had pulled the trigger. Alexander Hamilton was shot‚ and the next day‚ Hamliton’s body
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Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr meet at Weehawken on July 11‚ 1804 to end the long rivalry between both of them. The collision between Hamilton and Burr in 1804 was clear that they came from family backgrounds that have contributed to their rivalry. Burr was born into a prestigious social status and Hamilton being an illegitimate son of West Indian parents and had no connection. Therefore‚ he married Elizabeth Schuyler. Where his father-in-law was a Senate and in 1791 G. Philip Schuyler lost
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Hamilton and Aaron Burr which ended in the death of the former. When we look at the facts‚ we see that Hamilton did not have any malicious intent of killing Burr‚ making Burr seem like the “bad guy.” However‚ was Aaron Burr really a bad guy‚ or has his reputation just been skewed by outlying factors and common misconceptions? Alexander Hamilton is portrayed as a martyr while Aaron Burr is seen as a villain for killing him. While Hamilton did write that he was not planning on shooting at Burr the first
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Although Thomas Jefferson considered Aaron Burr a horrible villain‚ Theo Burr Alston‚ Burr’s daughter‚ disagreed. Many people see Aaron Burr as a horrible villain who tried to overthrow his own government and killed Alexander Hamilton. At first glance his actions seem for bad purposes but when giving a second look into history‚ his actions were motivated by his vision of a better society under a new system of government. He is a villain because his goals and opinions did not correlate with those
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A verse pinned to Burr´s door a few months after the duel read‚ “Oh Burr‚ Oh Burr? What has thou done? Thou hast shouted dead great Hamilton! You hid behind a bunch of thistle‚ And shouted him dead with a great hoos pistol” Qtd by Roxburgh‚ 40. On July 11‚ 1804‚ Alexander Hamilton was shot dead in a duel with his arch enemy‚ Aaron Burr. Hamilton had a tremendous affect on the birth of our country and would have had a greater effect if he lived longer. Burr´s reputation was ruined forever and no one
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Aaron Burr’s Life Biography Aaron Burr was born on February 6‚ 1756 in Newark‚ New Jersey. When he first arrived‚ a little sister named Sally had already preceded him. Their father was Reverend Aaron Burr‚ and their mother was Ester Edwards Burr‚ daughter of the famous Jonathan Edwards‚ a high honor at the Calvin school. Aaron Burr Sr. was also the second president of Princeton. He represented all that was austere and hopeless in Puritanism. But Aaron‚ Jr. inherited only one tenet out of
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Burr was toxic because he murdered Alexander Hamilton. Burr‚ motivated by years of political rivalry murdered Alexander Hamilton. After the Revolutionary war‚ Hamilton and Burr became lawyers and Hamilton knew Burr was a better lawyer than himself‚ this caused tension between the two because Hamilton was always asking Burr questions. Then Burr ran against Thomas Jefferson in the presidential election. Jefferson was also Hamilton’s rival‚ but Hamilton respected him for having beliefs unlike Burr
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The Burr conspiracy presented a lot of things in the new republic and its legal structure‚ both strengths and weaknesses. Andrew Burr took off on and expedition to capture New Orleans and take Mexico and turn them into his own form of government. Burrs trial obviously exposes many weaknesses within the legal structure of the United States. Burr committed an obvious act of treason against the United States government by taking it upon himself to seize territory for himself. Chief Justice Marshall
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In the film‚ “The Trial of Aaron Burr:Part I” parts of the goverenment were questioned. To start off‚ the Authority of the Judical Branch. Towards the end of the trial‚ Hay‚ questionned the authority of the court. He stated that he was not in denial about Burrs right to request a witness‚ however‚ he was questioning the courts authority of the writ that has been requested. After a short brawl‚ Wickham was asked the question of weither the court has the authority to subpeona the president. He spoke
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