Tuesday, November 10, 2009

New Question from Quinn the Eskimo

How did the election of 1800 contribute to the death of Alexander Hamilton?

3 comments:

  1. Hamilton's actions pertaining to Jefferson winning the presidency during 1800 led to a dual with Aron Burr which led to Hamiltons death in 1804.-RRNRD

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  2. Okay. How did Hamilton help Jefferson, and why did this bother Aaron Burr? -QE

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  3. Hamilton helped Jefferson by campaing with Jefferson and really just trying to turn everybody against Burr. This bothered Aron Burr because he wanted to win so Jefferson was under him and he also always wanted a carrer in politics anyway.-RRNRD

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