Was Alexander Hamilton Murdered? | Founding Fathers EP 3

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Hamilton’s friends bought the Grange, resold it to Eliza at half price, and kept her there with their children until 1833.
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Dueling pistols were deliberately inaccurate because the ideal outcome preserved both honor and life without anyone being hit.
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Hamilton planned to fire deliberately wide, possibly twice, giving Burr a chance to stop the duel peacefully.
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Hamilton declared he would throw away his shot, then theatrically aimed carefully before firing.
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Alexander Hamilton wrote his farewell letter to Eliza exactly one week before his fatal duel with Aaron Burr on July 11, 1804.
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After 36 ballots, the House chose Thomas Jefferson, leaving Aaron Burr convinced Alexander Hamilton had engineered his defeat.
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The 1800 election ended in a 73–73 tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, sending the presidency to Congress.
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Hamilton appeared dead after the shooting, then revived when Hosack rubbed spirits on his face.
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Aaron Burr became history’s villain, but some historians argue Hamilton was the duplicitous opportunist instead.
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Gore Vidal’s novel Burr flips the legend, portraying Aaron Burr as honorable and Hamilton as a cheating opportunist.
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Aaron Burr fought at Valley Forge, commanded a Continental Army company, and helped suppress a mutiny there.
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Hamilton accepted the duel because he believed popularity was necessary to influence crises and help preserve the Republic.
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Thomas Jefferson enslaved more than 600 people over the course of his lifetime.
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Alexander Hamilton helped shape the Constitution’s adoption and wrote most of the Federalist essays explaining it.
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Burr’s reputation was largely built by hostile enemies, yet his willingness to do whatever necessary remains suggestive.
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Hamilton had a wife, seven children, heavy debts, and a mortgaged country house Eliza could not repay after his death.
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Hamilton became a martyr in American memory. Cities and counties bear his name, and his portrait has appeared on the $10 bill since 1929.
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Van Ness said Hamilton fired and missed. Burr waited several seconds for the signal, fearing he would lose his turn.
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Thomas Jefferson sidelined Aaron Burr after learning he had pursued the presidency and planned to remove him from the 1804 ticket.
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A conventional duel followed a ritual: insult, letters, challenge, seconds, then an agreed time and place.

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