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Remembered for killing treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton in a duel. Recounting his political rise and downfall. This was recorded at the gallery of art in washington, d. C. In 201 2012. Thank you for having me back. Im delighted to speak here. I always like to speak in washington, where the audiences are well informed and engaged, but having just finished teaching a semester and for the year at the university of texas, im always delighted to speak to an audience of people who dont have to be here. There will be no test. I say this sincerely. Im very flattered that you took the time and too...

Flattered that you took the time, took your evening to come listen to me. I try to i think that my students by and large are interested in the subject but i know perfectly well that if they didnt have tests, didnt have papers, if they werent held accountable then most of the seats would be empty. None of you had to be here but you did. Come. I find that to be very flattering. I could, i suppose, give you a test at the end. The title of my talk, which i had forgotten until jamie just mentioned it is the unknown aaron burr. I am going to tell you about aaron burr and tell you why i wrote about a...

British troops in boston. This is just over an hour. All right, so today, were going to be talking about the imperial problem that faces britain after the end of the war in 1763 and, of course, the coming of the revolution. So if you have any questions, pipe up, if not, ill be asking you a few. Now, you remember last time or last week, anyway, we put a graph up here showing the result you probably get if you went around and asked everybody in the colonies in 25 year intervals, do you want to be independent of britain . And if you remember, the graph shot up kind of like. Like this. Ov over the...

Last week, anyway, we put a graph up here showing the result you probably get if you went around and asked everybody in the colonies in 25 year intervals, do you want to be independent of britain . And if you remember, the graph shot up kind of like. Like this. Over the words. In other words, as colonies move along from jamestown in 1776, more people as time passes, decide that they are able to handle this on their own. They dont need to be ruled from westminster and of course, enough of them decide that to produce a declaration of independence. So that graph would make the revolution pretty e...

Supposed to be a test at the end. The title of my talk on which i forgot until jamie just mentioned is the unknown aaron burr. Im going to tell you what i read a book about aaron burr. The title of my book is called the heartbreak of aaron burr. I cant tell you the whole story without giving away the ending. I dont want to give away the ending because its not just that i want you to buy the book and read the book and enjoy it and hang around till the end, but it has to do with the reason i wrote the book in the first place. This goes back to my experience of writing, my experience of reading a...