A pictorial school history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States . take a placein his staff as aide-de-camp. He afterwards participated in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, andMonmouth. t Burr was born at Newark, New Jersey, in 1756. In 1775 he was engaged in the expedition againstCanada, and accompanied Arnold upon his toilsome march through the wilderness. He was in the battlesof Quebec and Monmouth. His death occurred at Staten Island, N. Y., in 1836. VIII. Questions.—21. What sad aflfair, in which two public
A pictorial school history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States . take a placein his staff as aide-de-camp. He afterwards participated in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, andMonmouth. t Burr was born at Newark, New Jersey, in 1756. In 1775 he was engaged in the expedition againstCanada, and accompanied Arnold upon his toilsome march through the wilderness. He was in the battlesof Quebec and Monmouth. His death occurred at Staten Island, N. Y., in 1836. VIII. Questions.—21. What sad aflfair, in which two public men were the princi-]iaractors, took place diirinrr Jeffersons administration? 22. When did it takeplace? 23. At what place ? J«s.—At Hoboken, New Jersey, opposite the city of NewYork. 24. What position was Burr holding at the time? 25. What was the cause ofthe duel? 26. What was the result of it? 27. What was the consequence to Burr? IX. 28. In what project was Burr subsequently engaged? X. 29. What order did President Jefferson issue with regard to Burr* CO. Whatis said of the trial and its result? JEFFERSON S ADMINISTRATION. 201. A Alio N BURR. cliarge of treason. The trial wasa protracted one; but, under aruling of the court, which did notinvolve the merits of the charge,he was acquitted. XL The wars in Europe, grow-ing out of the French revolution,continued during Jeffersons ad-ministration. That between Eng-land and France, though it at firstproved profitable to the Ameri-can shipping interests engaged inthe carrying trade between theports of the two hostile nations, re-sulted in the adoption of measures injurious to our commerce. XTI. To annoy and cripple her adversary, England declaredthe whole northern coast of France in a state of retaliated by the Berlin Decree, in which he pro-nounced the British islands in a state of blockade. But thecrowning grievance was the right of search, asserted byGreat Britain, under which claim American vessels were
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