Founding Brothers Analysis

In the book Founding Brothers by Joseph Ellis, the author relates the stories of six crucial historic events that manage to capture the flavor and fervor of the revolutionary generation and its great leaders. While each chapter or story can be read separately and completely understood, they do relate to a broader common theme. One of Ellis' main purposes in writing the book was to illustrate the early stages and tribulations of the American government and its system through his use of well blended stories. The idea that a republican government of this nature was completely unprecedented is emphasized through out the book. Ellis discusses the unique problems that the revolutionary generation experienced as a result of governing under the

5. According to Ellis’s explanation, why did Hamilton and Burr duel in the first place?

Joseph J Ellis included “The Duel” in his book, Founding Brothers to show the extreme complexity behind the relationship between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. This duel is normally represented in a short few lines that includes the date, the location, the outcome, and little details about the fashion in which they dueled. Although these representations are short and concise, they do not give the duel the justice it deserves. Ellis’ model does so by adding a lot more detail to help the audience understand it was more than a short and random interaction. Ellis explains how in order to understand the duel, one must examine the many and intricate causes of it, rather than what actually happened in those few seconds on top of the cliff in Weehawken, New Jersey. Ellis’ record of the most famous duel in American History can be used as a historical reference for the songs “Your Obedient Servant” and “The World Was Wide Enough” that are a part of the Hamilton soundtrack. One thing that was made sure after reading this book and listening to this song is that Lin Manuel Miranda did his research and made the songs in his soundtrack as historically accurate as possible.

This essay is a review of the Decisions in Philadelphia: The Constitutional Convention of 1787. The body of this work will highlight a few of the differences found in Collier and Collier’s Decision in Philadelphia (2007) and Middlekauff’s The Glorious Cause (2005) and paint a picture for the reason for the convention, the need for a change from the Articles of Confederation, as well as some of the key takeaways from the Constitution that impact us still today. The Decision in Philadelphia highlights well the overarching theme of compromise. Compromise was and still is the cornerstone to the government in the United States of America. This essay will showcase this theme over and over as it was critical to allow for the collective good to succeed. Webster’s dictionary defines compromise as the settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions. Compromise is further defined as the blending qualities of different things, those different things were the ideals, principles, and values of the Constitution’s framers.

During the days preceding the duel, General Hamilton attempted to calm tensions and avoid such a tragic confrontation with Colonel Burr. When Burr insisted on a duel to end disagreements, General Hamilton did the most

This fight was one for the books as you read in the book itself. The fight began with exchange of pistols and they shot from their separate boats and as Burr fired he shot Hamilton’s right side and he died the next day. The reason behind the fight was both men were already at their climax point, it was a rivalry amongst them. As I stated in the beginning they viewed many things differently, but the outcome was that they grew together to become one. You can tell that Burr felt terrible for what had happened “he insisted on going back. I must go & speak to him” (25). I don’t think Burr expected that to happen but it did. The fight was about honor so of course one of them had to go down, it just so happened to be Hamilton.

Whose side would you have been on in the 1790s, Thomas Jefferson’s or Alexander Hamilton’s? Both of these men served under George Washington in the first presidential cabinet, yet they had very different views of what government should be (Davis 86). My objective in this research essay is to inform the reader of why there was so much controversy between these two founding fathers, and to determine which side had the better views for our newly forming country.

The founding fathers, or as the book calls them the founding brothers, are an assorted group of men from wildly different backgrounds. In political terms, they were divided. Yet, they came to together to help shape this country into the place it is today. Now on their journey towards the making of this country they did encounter some trouble. They encountered heated debates among themselves though for getting through these debates they show just why they deserve to be called, founding brothers.

Compromise Essay To what extent was the United States from 1774-1865 an example of successful compromise? Compromises are a very important part of American History. The Three-Fifths Compromise of 1787 is one of many. To whom it may concern, America was a huge example of Compromise.

In an essay that incorporates the textbook, lecture and power-point notes compare and contrast the compromises of 1820 and 1850.

This assumption that Hamilton said these things to ruin Burr’s political reputation made him question Hamilton, which led to heated discussion. This discussion led to Burr challenging Hamilton to a duel,

Who or what is the first thing that comes to mind when the word whiskey is mentioned? Jack Daniel’s or a fun Saturday night out? Perhaps, but most likely not the Whiskey Rebellion of 1791. This Rebellion resulted from the passage by Congress of an excise tax to be applied to distilled liquor and was led by Pennsylvania farmers. Occurring from 1791 to 1794, the Whiskey Rebellion ended when President Washington sent close to 13,000 soldiers to the relatively small area to stop the protesters.(Page 141) This event is a classic example of the struggle between States’ rights and Federal Authority, which Joseph J. Ellis illustrates in the book Founding Brothers. Even today, the battle of power continues between the States and the Federal Government

2. Describe in detail the arguments presented by James Jackson and William Loughton Smith in support of slavery. The arguments presented by James Jackson representative of Georgia was that he was outraged that such a question was raised calling them lunatics, William Loughton Smith seconded the outrage saying “America was economically

I agree with you text and I would like to add that Hamilton was a Federalist and Burr was a Republican. However, they fight together for a political and personal battle. After that, Hamilton would be mortally wounded, and Burr would be wanted for murder. Both always were fighting for the political power, and “Hamilton wanted to avoid the duel, but politics left him no choice. If he admitted to Burr's charge, which was substantially true, he would lose his honor. If he refused to duel, the result would be the same. Either way, his political career would be over” ¹. They have dueling grounds at Weehawken, New Jersey on the morning of July 11; Hamilton fell and died the next day. Also, I want to share the following verse for reflection “Behold,

The duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton started in 1791, during a senate race. Aaron Burr defeated Philip Schuyler who was Hamilton’s father-in-law to senate seat. Schuyler being a Federalist would