The Consequences of the Burr and Hamiton Duel

The Burr and Hamilton duel is a major part in american history. It was a moment in history were two foes battled out their anger in each other. Though many historians wonder if Hamilton able to avoid this duel. Many people would agree that this is one thing that would not turn into a big deal if it was avoided. Today many history classes are debating “was the consequences of the the Burr vs. Hamilton duel inevitable?”
Alexander was the leader of the federalists and secretary of state. Burr was a democratic republican and vice president of the United States. They are both political enemies, but their hatred for each other went beyond politics. The duel was started do to the tension between Hamilton and Burr. There are many reasons why the duel actually happened. For many years Burr and Hamilton where enemies and it started when Burr defeated Philip Schuyler, Hamilton’s father-in-law in a U.S. Senator election from NY. Soon after the election Burr published a document about Hamilton. The document "The Public Conduct and Character of John Adams, Esq., President of the United States" attacked Adam and his presidency. The document caused a split in the Federalist Party that would not be able to be fixed. In return for the damage Burr did to the Federalist Party and his presidency, Hamilton persuaded members of the House of Representative to vote for Jefferson instead of Burr. After losing the Election Burr believes that challenging Hamilton to a duel would be the only thing that could restore his honor.
This disputes were definitely nothing new to Hamilton or Burr. Both of them have battled several disputes. Burr was involved with three prior conflicts and Hamilton had been in ten disputes. Though none of the disputes that either of...

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... there is no way that Burr would have decided to do anything along those terms. Freeman said “Highly offended principals like Burr sometimes insisted on dueling; some dire insults could be dispelled only with an extreme display of bravery.” Burr was very fixated on the duel. He knew that there was no one to regain his political power. Many historians also believe that Hamilton was able to turn down the duel. Due to his religion and his honor, he wanted to back out of the duel. They believe that he was able to, but that is not fully true. Just like Burr, Hamilton knows that if he does not accept the duel than his political power would go down. Even though he does not want to kill anyone, he makes a decision to not even fie
If Hamilton had backed down from the duel he would not have died at such an early age and may have had become powerful enough to become president.