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    Alexander Hamilton Summary

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    leading up to his voyage to New York in search of education. Aaron Burr, Sir - As he is attending college, Alexander hears about a man named Aaron Burr, a scholar known for graduating early among his class. Alexander learns about Aaron Burr’s success and seeks an accelerated course of study, so he can graduate within 2 years rather than 4 and join the revolution. In 1776, after graduating from King’s College, Alexander seeks out and meets Aaron Burr. He asks Burr how he managed to leave so soon…

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    The election of 1800 was a bitter one: there was constant slandering from both the federalist and the democratic-republican sides, but ultimately Jefferson won. In Thomas Jefferson: Political Compromiser, Morton Borden analyzes Jefferson’s presidency and ideals to question how he achieved so much success: did Jefferson simply adapt to gain support? During his presidency, Jefferson often stuck to his party roots. However, Jefferson also enacted very impartial, federalist policies that underscored…

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    The book A Magnificent Catastrophe by Edward J. Larson is about the election of 1800. This is the United States of America's most extraordinary and influential election that they have ever held due to all that it meant to the country. This election was the first election that had their own presidential campaigns no matter how chaotic and twisted the electoral process may have been. This election was so important that Larson called it “The Second American Revolution”(Larson 22). Larson called the…

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    Thomas Fleming's Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr and the Future of America, is a book that tells the story of Burr vs Hamilton. The book begins in the year 1804 with a short comparison between Burr and Hamilton. Hamilton created a self-goal to achieve fame but in order to do so all of his actions had to be moral and not damage his reputation. Ironically fighting a duel would be the last thing Hamilton could afford to do, especially since he had opposed them and lost his eldest son in a…

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    For a long time Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr had a strong dislike for each other and on July 11, 1804 that dispute was settled. The running disagreement between the two of them was for a variety of reasons regarding their upbringing and political standpoint. Being that Hamilton was a Federalist and Burr was a Republican they often did not agree on political issues. Therefore, when Burr got in the way of Hamilton being able to influence Senate’s ruling by taking the place of Hamilton’s…

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    Aaron Copland was one of the most admired and influential American composers in the 1990’s. Aaron lived in New York most of his life, he was born there and he died there. He was known as “the Dean of American Composers” by his peers and critics. His parents were Russian Jews, and he utilized Jewish topics in such structures as Vitebsk (1929) for cello, piano, and violin. Aaron Copland has composed many different musical pieces. Some of his famous pieces include Symphony No. 3, Quiet City, The…

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    Alexander Hamilton made many risks for our great country. Hamilton made history by creating a financial plan and is now made on the ten-dollar bill. He believed that he had to take his shot at any chance, afraid of missing a chance of success. Aaron Burr plays as a foil to Hamilton story. Burr wants big things to happen but is too scared to take risks. Hamilton and Burr have similarities but have different personalities but both have the same motives. Alexander was from Charlestown on the island…

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    Jefferson’s Dilemma The United States history thus so far, is full of many bargains but one of the most controversial and beneficial bargains is the Louisiana Purchase. This bargain occurred back in the 1800s of which the President Thomas Jefferson was able to undertake the deal of the century. This bargain initiated when Jefferson wanted to purchase New Orleans because France was enforcing stricter regulations therefore, making it difficult for American settlers to trade in that particular…

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    fathers, if you grew up in America you likely have heard of them. Joseph J. Ellis’s book focuses on a few of the founding fathers lives and struggles. The first chapter, called The Duel, highlights the confrontation between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr which ended in Hamilton dying of a fatal wound. What happened is Burr, who was tired of Hamilton fiddling with his political career based off of their different political views. Once Hamilton was challenged he couldn’t say no because that…

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    The difference between baseball and football, that is a great question, first, they are not even spelled the same. The only thing I can see that is similar is that they both have the word “ball” in the spelling. Baseball seems to make sense by the spelling; it is a game with the involvement of bases. Football, by the spelling seems to be a game that involves your feet, which we all know is not the case, but seems ironic because most games are won by a field goal. A field goal is when the team…

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