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Short answer questions 1. Discuss the significance of the duel as it related to the young, fledging nation. - The duel was very significant because it showed Aaron burr as a murderer. The death of Hamilton also led the Federalist to go against the republicans which will later create more problems to the infant nation. But even if Hamilton died his ideas were alive. His ideas about check and balances were embraced. Burr in the other hand flew the state but the “joint statement” that was later created showed Burr as innocent. 2. Account for the “sharp differences” dividing the leadership of the revolutionary generation. - The “sharp differences” dividing the leadership of the revolution generation was the problem between federalism and republicanism. …show more content…

Ellis’s Founding Brother is that the success of the United States was not always a foregone conclusion as it is today. No one present in the beginning of the Revolution knew how it would turn out at the end. The Founding Brothers had to work hard in order to bring success to United States. The evidence that supported this thesis is that the leaders during that time doubted the success of the infant nation and they believed that the nation might fall apart. The next evidence is that the Founding Brothers had a strong belief that they can be a seen as a legitimate country to other threating country if they stay together as a united nation. The final evidence is that the country didn’t want to deal with anything that could possibly bring on the thoughts of disunion. For example, slavery was avoided due to this danger towards the unity. Ellis is a very biased historian because he has a special affiliation for George Washington and John Adams. The POV of the author is very significant because when the author of the book is biased towards some particular character, then the author would only show the positive side of the character in order to show him greater than the others. This would lead the people to understand the biased version of the story. This book is written from the political perspective because it talks about political effects caused by the revolution. It also has some social perspective. For example, the friendship and the collaboration of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson was a social thing which affected the politics. Overall, this was a very good and interesting book which improved my understanding of U.S History. It helped me learn the timeline and the details of the significant events during the American Revolution. Some question that I had were about slavery. Slavery’s agenda was closed because of the danger it possessed but I wanted to know about when the agenda was reopened and how the agenda of slavery progressed to the

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