Throughout world history, violence was seen as a common way to resolve a conflict between two or more individuals, especially in the form of duels. No matter how miniscule or major an issue could have been, if a person felt that their pride had been wounded, there was a chance for them to challenge the person who had wronged them to a duel. This was mainly seen as the solution to problems in the late 1700’s-mid 1800’s of history. Over the years, public opinion of duels had been soured by the amount of bloodshed, consequently leading to duels being completely outlawed in 1859, with several states banning the practice of dueling years prior. The most famous duel in American history was the duel between Aaron Burr, and Alexander Hamilton, two…show more content… Debate had been sparked whether or not Burr was guilty of murder, as he had been put on trial for shooting Hamilton, but the charges were dropped against him. Despite not being charged as guilty in the eyes of the law, Aaron Burr was guilty of murder because he had shot his gun first while Hamilton aimed away from Burr, Burr made sure to challenge Hamilton in Weehawken, New Jersey, where dueling was illegal but penalties were less harsh than they would have been if they had their duel in their home state of New York, and Burr was willing to shoot Hamilton for his slandering words, rather than talk it out. Centuries after the famous duel took place, debates have sparked about who shot first, or if Hamilton even shot at Burr at all. Hamilton: The American Musical, by Lin-Manuel Miranda, popularized the belief that Hamilton had aimed his pistol at the sky to avoid shooting at Burr. Eyewitnesses couldn’t agree on what had actually happened, but they were certain that Aaron Burr’s pistol went off first as he fired at Hamilton, and that Hamilton fell almost immediately after being shot (Parmet and Hecht
