Alexander hamilton aaron burr wikipedia
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Burr–Hamilton duel
1804 duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton
The Burr–Hamilton duel took place in Weehawken, New Jersey, between Aaron Burr, the third U.S. vice president at the time, and Alexander Hamilton, the first and former Secretary of the Treasury, at dawn on July 11, 1804. The duel was the culmination of a bitter rivalry that had developed over years between both men, who were high-profile politicians in the newly-established United States, founded following the victorious American Revolution and its associated Revolutionary War.
In the duel, Burr shot Hamilton in the abdomen. Hamilton returned fire and hit a tree branch above and behind Burr's head. Hamilton was transported across the Hudson River for treatment in present-day Greenwich Village in New York City, where he died the following day, on July 12, 1804.[1]
Hamilton's death permanently weakened the Federalist Party, which was founded by Hamilton in 1789 and one of the nation's major two p
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Evil-doer
Alias
Senator Burr
Mr. Vice President
The Villain of your History
Occupation
Vice President of the United States (during Jefferson's first term)
Powers / Skills
Gunsmanship
Persuasion
Patience
Goals
Surpass Hamilton in political power.
Become the President of the United States (both failed).
Kill Hamilton (succeeded albeit regretted).
Crimes
Murder
Conspiracy
Type of Villain
Opportunistic Rival
| “ | How does Hamilton, an arrogant, immigrant, orphan, bastard, whoreson, somehow endorse Thomas Jefferson, his enemy, a man he's despised since the beginning, just to keep me from winning? I wanna be in the room where it happens, the room where it happens, the room where it happens... You've kept me from the room where it happens for the last time... | „ |
| ~ Burr's villainous breakdown upon lo • File:Duel between förnamn Burr and Alexander Hamilton.jpgEnglish: Duel between förnamn Burr and Alexander Hamilton
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