1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
Vitek1552 [10]
3 years ago
5

15. What are Aaron Burr's two conspiracies? What are the results of each?

History
1 answer:
alexira [117]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:The Burr conspiracy was a plot alleged to have been planned by Aaron Burr in the years during and after his term as Vice President of the United States under US President Thomas Jefferson. According to the accusations against Burr, he attempted to use his international connections and support from a cabal of US planters, politicians, and army officers to establish an independent country in the Southwestern United States and parts of Mexico. Burr's version was that he intended to farm 40,000 acres (160 km2) in the Texas Territory which had been leased to him by the Spanish Crown.

In February 1808, Burr was arrested on Jefferson's orders and indicted for treason, despite a lack of firm evidence. While Burr was ultimately acquitted of treason due to the specificity of the US Constitution, the fiasco further destroyed his already faltering political career. Effigies of his likeness were burned throughout the country and the threat of additional charges from individual states forced him into exile in Europe.[1]

Burr's true intentions remain unclear and, as a result, have led to varying theories from historians: some claim that he intended to take parts of Texas and the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase for himself, while others believe he intended to conquer Mexico or even the entirety of North America. The number of men backing him is also unclear, with accounts ranging from fewer than 40 men to upwards of 7,000

Explanation:

You might be interested in
What was the main issue that caused fighting in North America during the French and Indian war?
kozerog [31]
Is there answer choices ?
6 0
4 years ago
Select all the correct answers. What were two long-term effects of the Black Death on European society?
Yuliya22 [10]

Answer:

Life at this time was by no means easy, or even sometimes pleasant, but people knew – or thought they knew – how the world worked and how to live in it; the plague would change all that and usher in a new understanding which found expression in movements such as the Protestant Reformation and the Renaissance.

3 0
3 years ago
What was the Republican Party's goal when it was created in 1854?
densk [106]

To combat the Kansas-Nebraska act and the expansion of slavery to American territories.

4 0
3 years ago
What was a cause of the French and indian war
maw [93]
“The colonists called it the French and Indian War, and it permanently shifted the global balance of power. By the mid-18th century, both the British and French wanted to extend their North American colonies into the land west of the Appalachian Mountains, known then as the Ohio Territory.”
4 0
3 years ago
For communist who has the authority in the country
nikdorinn [45]
What do you mean? "<span>For communist who has the authority in the country"</span>
8 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • How did nazis depict jews in 1920
    8·1 answer
  • When was the kingdom of italy created
    13·2 answers
  • Which overland trail passed through the Oklahoma Panhandle on its way to New Mexico? A. the Santa Fe Trail B. the California Roa
    10·2 answers
  • Describe 3 facts about Julius caesar
    12·2 answers
  • Explain how totalitarianism rose, what it is and how it lead to World War II and give as many details as you can about the rise
    11·1 answer
  • The name of the ship on which the Pilgrims traveled to North America in 1620?​
    10·2 answers
  • Why does brainly use search history tactics?
    5·1 answer
  • The belief that a person is able to choose to receive salvation or to reject it is called _____.
    10·1 answer
  • How can inequality or discrimination hurt an economy's ability to maximize it's human capital? Give an example
    13·1 answer
  • What are some advantages to having a single currency throughout the most of the EU
    11·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!