(Poll created January 2, 2011)
Submitted by editor

---

Why did Aaron Burr - Vice President of the Unted States under Thomas Jefferson - kill Alexander Hamilton (co-author of the Federalist Papers) in a duel?

Thomas Jefferson was never President
It was about slavery
It was Divine Providence
Hamilton owed Burr ten dollars.
Hamilton wanted the US to help England fight France in a war
Hamilton was only wounded
Jefferson and Madison realized they were snookered by Hamilton and John Jay
It was a fight over a woman
Hamilton wanted the US to borrow money from the Bank of England
Hamilton voted for Jefferson over Burr in the botched election of 1800
Hamilton had opposed Burr politically for years
Burr was a better shot
Hamilton wasn't involved in creating the United States
That's not true - you were thinking of Benedict Arnold
Aaron Burr was not Vice President
Thomas Jefferson told him to
Login to add your answer

---