MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
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Question
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Burr and Hamilton were friends until Hamilton supported Burr’s rival for the presidency.
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Burr disliked the power that Hamilton had as secretary of the treasury and called him dangerous.
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Burr and Hamilton strongly disliked each other, and Burr blamed Hamilton for his election loss.
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Burr asked for Hamilton’s support in approving the Constitution, but Hamilton refused to give it.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Van Ness, the New York City federal judge who acted as Burr’s second, had also been his intermediary in the negotiations in the affair of honor between Burr and Hamilton over defamatory remarks that Hamilton had allegedly made about Burr that ultimately led to the duel.
Detailed explanation-2: -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 was over, Hamilton would be mortally wounded, and Burr would be wanted for murder. Hamilton was a Federalist.
Detailed explanation-3: -The conflict began in 1791 when Burr won a United States Senate seat from Philip Schuyler, Hamilton’s father-in-law, who would have supported Federalist policies (Hamilton was the Secretary of the Treasury at the time).
Detailed explanation-4: -However, other sources say that he thought that Hamilton had brought his death upon himself and did not feel remorse for killing him. There are also accounts of Burr seeming to retain his anger toward Hamilton even many years after the duel, again suggesting a lack of remorse.