Joseph Ellis's Founding Brothers: the Revolutionary Generation provided me a chance to enrich my knowledge of founders of the American republic--John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington. ... ; Burr, a duel-loving killer, was one of the most despised public figures of his time due to his moronic actions toward Hamilton; Hamilton, a political antics covered his humble Scottish origins by his position and wealth, but later killed by Burr because he did not take duel with enmity(He just wanted to die I believed.); Je...

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Joseph Ellis presents the personalities of John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington beautifully and in tremendous detail. ... " In "The Duel," Ellis describes the legendary shootout between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. ... Burr, thinking that Hamilton fired at him, shot and killed Hamilton. In the second chapter, "The Dinner," Ellis exploits a secret compromise between Alexander Hamilton and James Madison in the scene of a dinner party hosted by Thomas Jefferson. ... He hoped to negoti...

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Burr lost the election, perhaps due to a public denouncement of his character expressed by Alexander Hamilton in many New York newspapers. This growing disdain between Burr and Hamilton would ultimately lead to a duel, resulting in Hamilton's death. 1808 Congress stops slave trade Forbidden by the Constitution to tamper with the slave trade for 20 years, Congress quickly acted on the expired deadline by ending the slave trade. ... What Jefferson sought to accomplish during his turn at the helm was to "restore the liberty and tranquility,"" (Boyer 214) that early America had enjoyed...

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