THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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Hamilton accused Burr of treason, so Burr challenged Hamilton to a duel. Hamilton reluctantly agreed, and was shot and killed by Burr.
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Hamilton accused Burr of treason and Hamilton challenged Burr to a duel
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Hamilton accused Burr of treason. The House of Representatives suggested that Hamilton and Burr settle their differences in a duel. Burr killed Hamilton in the duel.
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Burr accused Hamilton of treason and challenged him to a duel. Hamilton shot and killed Burr.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The two men had long been political rivals, but the immediate cause of the duel was disparaging remarks Hamilton had allegedly made about Burr at a dinner.
Detailed explanation-2: -It came in response to a letter published in a newspaper in which Dr. Charles D. Cooper had reported that in a dinner conversation Hamilton had called Burr “a dangerous man.” In Cooper’s words, Hamilton also expressed a “more despicable opinion” of Burr. It was the loaded word despicable that drew Burr’s focus.
Detailed explanation-3: -The duel was the culmination of a bitter rivalry that had developed between both men, who had become high-profile politicians in post-colonial America. In the duel, Burr fatally shot Hamilton in the abdomen, while Hamilton fired into a tree branch above and behind Burr’s head.
Detailed explanation-4: -After Hamilton’s and Burr’s seconds tried without success to settle the matter amicably, the two political enemies met on the dueling grounds at Weehawken, New Jersey on the morning of July 11. Each fired a shot from a . 56 caliber dueling pistol. Burr was unscathed; Hamilton fell to the ground mortally wounded.