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Aaron Burr's Impact On American History
During the early 1800s, many people supported the newly elected third president of the United States Thomas Jefferson. They celebrated and drank all night long to the newly claimed Louisiana Territory that America had successful achieved. Many of the Americans at the time were fully supportive of President Jefferson, Vice President Aaron Burr was not as accepted. Although Vice President Aaron Burr was not favorited by the people, he was a memorable political leader who had the one of the greatest impacts on American History in the early 1800s. Burr was precisely focused on his job as Vice President that he seemed to block away the supporters that he had.
Particularly, Aaron Burr was a very intelligent and educated individual with a plan to

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