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    needed to complete any type of project/ paper. In my history book, America Pathways to the Present, it talks about the duel that took place between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. It writes, on page 89: “... two of the nation’s most powerful men faced each other on the dueling grounds of Weehawken, New Jersey. One was Aaron Burr, Vice President of the United States. The other was Alexander Hamilton, former Secretary of the Treasury. Each man fired his dueling pistol, and Hamilton was hit in the

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    the early United States. Ellis talks about Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, George Washington, and Aaron Burr. He goes into detail about six different events that these men were apart of, their relationships with each other, that effected the new nation. The first chapter is about the fatal Duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr and what he thinks happened, the second chapter is about Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison’s secret dinner about

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    Republicans tried to paint Federalist candidate John Adams as a monarchist. Adams tried to label Thomas and an atheist. Adams clearly lost, but Jefferson tied with Aaron Burr, at 73 votes in the electoral college. Every state will sent representative to vote president and vice president. Hamilton convinced people in congress not vote Burr. Untill Jefferson became to president. Thomas Jefferson He born April 13 1743 at Virginia. He learned Greek, Latin and the violin before becoming a teenager. He

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    Treasure of the United States. Despite there being no official vice presidential candidate, Thomas Jefferson ran with Aaron Burr as his running mate. Their “ticket” received the most votes and the decision of who would be president was given to the electors. John Adams was paired with either Charles Pinckney or John Jay There was an electoral vote tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr at 73 votes

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    Who is Alexander Hamilton? Most people only know him for being on the ten dollar bill, others don’t even know who he is. Alexander was one of the many founding fathers who fought for our freedom and created the things that keep many of us safe today, such as freedom of speech, freedom of religion and even freedom to bear arms. Alexander has done many things to make him a hero, In this paper I will try to convince you why he is a hero. Now before we get started with what Alexander has done for this

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    known as duels. One of the most famous duels is mentioned in the book and is between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton. The duel has certain rules to keep injury as minimal as possible. As well as to prevent any arguments or battles between families or political parties. There are many different versions on how the duel happened. The most well-known one starts off like this “On the morning of July 11, 1804, Arron Burr and Alexander Hamilton were rowed across the Hudson River in separate boats to a secluded

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    happened and begins with the infamous duel of 1804, between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. He purposely skips George Washington’s election as the first President of the United States in 1789 and focuses on a detail analysis of the jealousy between these two ambitious founding fathers. Their unavoidable deadly confrontation that ends in a duel near Weehawken, New Jersey. The duel that leaves Hamilton mortally wounded and Burr charged with his murder. Ellis convinces us to believe that honor and respect

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    The Bloodless Revolution of 1800 was a very important event that shaped our nation into what it is today. The Revolution changed America 's history in major ways. The twelfth amendment was created and the party divisions that we see today in our modern government are results of the conflict. The revolution was also a test: could the young nation of America shift power peacefully, as the founding father 's had intended? Or would everything collapse after only one president leading the country? The

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    Essay 4 Hamilton has created a revolution. Hamilton: An American Musical is a musical created by Lin-Manuel Miranda. The musical is based on a book written by Ron Chernow about Alexander Hamilton’s life. The story narrates the founding of the United States. The show is being called a revolution due to its language. Lin-Manuel Miranda is being called this generation’s Shakespeare. They both use modern language to reach their audience. In this case, the language is Rap and Hip Hop. Most broadways show

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