Founding Brothers written by Joseph J. Ellis is a historical study on the upcoming of the United States. Ellis discuses the theme of brothership and independence using people such as George Washington, Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, and primarily John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Ellis deeply analyzes six point in history to show these themes and to show how they molded the morals and structure of America. The first event described by Joseph J. Ellis in his book Founding Brother is a duel that took place between Alexander Hamilton of the Federalist party and Aaron Burr of the Democratic-Republican party. Both Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr used to be quite close acquaintances for the duration of the Revolutionary war but the beginning of …show more content…
From this point on the feud was mostly fueled by each person supporting the others political rivals. Eventually Hamilton decided that a duel would end the war once and for all. Ellis states the these men were probably more open to the idea of a duel since both of their political careers were starting to come to an end. The duel would ultimately be an end for both of them, one of them career wise and the other death. Burr and Hamilton met on July 11, 1804 to begin the duel. In the end, Burr ended up shooting Hamilton and ultimately killing him but it was later revealed that maybe Hamilton intended to miss his shot and have the whole confrontation end on a good note. This event mostly touches on how people who fought for the same freedoms can turn against each other to defend what both of them thought to be the ideal system for America. Perhaps if the duel were never to take place and the