This article describes what could have happened if Aaron Burr had missed Alexander Hamilton in their duel in October of 1804. Instead of shooting and killing him, Burr would have missed his shot which would lead the country down a whole different path. Historians think that if Hamilton had survived, he would run for president against James Madison and win. As president, he would first build up the American army to be strong and powerful. Then, he would be able to expand American borders into Canada and give the country the new name of "The United States of North America." In addition, he would try to split up Virginia with a constitutional amendment into smaller states and with that victory, abolish slavery. After that, he would either try to force the Spanish out of Florida and Texas, but if that didn't work, then he would set up a "puppet" government in Mexico. Lastly, Hamilton would try to put in place the Christian Constitutional Society, where basically the country would be majority Christian. Then later on after serving four terms as president, Hamilton would die in 1830 of natural causes.
This article was super interesting to me since we're learning about this specific era of U.S. history right now. This kind of article being published today is incredible because it shows us how we can still relate back to history from the 1800s. Our lives today would be so different if Alexander Hamilton hadn't been killed in the duel against Aaron Burr. Our nation would be bigger and the states would be completely different. This article was written by an American Revolution historian, so it is probably close to what would have actually happened were it not for his unfortunate death.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/06/politics/alexander-hamilton-aaron-burr-duel-missed/index.html
As a big fan of Hamilton, this is quite fascinating! It's crazy to think what could happen if history didn't go down how it did!
ReplyDeleteThis is so interesting! I feel like our national government would be even stronger if Hamilton had lived.
ReplyDeleteThis is really interesting, however it isn't really a "current" event. Also wouldn't Hamilton have lost the presidential race because his character was so defamed at that point that the american public wouldn't think of voting for him?
ReplyDeleteThis is really cool! I love hearing about how different things could be, especially with regard to Hamilton. I think this says a lot about how important the things that happen now are, and how much impact they could have. A whole lot relies on this election and which ever way things go, the nation will never be the same.
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