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In 1804, Hamilton had no real choice but to accept Burr's challenge to a duel, and they met at dawn in Weehawkin, New Jersey.  As was customary in duels, they w walked twenty or so paces away from each other and then turned to shoot at each other.  But only one man fired to kill his opponent.  Hamilton purposely did not try to kill Burr, feeling that it would be wrong to do so.  But Burr shot and killed Hamilton.  Burr then fled, having murdered one of the greatest [[Founding Fathers]] of all.

In 1804, Hamilton had no real choice but to accept Burr's challenge to a duel, and they met at dawn in Weehawkin, New Jersey.  As was customary in duels, they w walked twenty or so paces away from each other and then turned to shoot at each other.  But only one man fired to kill his opponent.  Hamilton purposely did not try to kill Burr, feeling that it would be wrong to do so.  But Burr shot and killed Hamilton.  Burr then fled, having murdered one of the greatest [[Founding Fathers]] of all.

Meanwhile, Jefferson had his hands full with foreign conflicts.  Pirates were harassing and looting American shipping off the coasts of the Northern African countries of Morocco, Algiers and Tunis.  When Tripoli demanded more payoffs to stop the pirating, Congress declared war against it in 1805, known as the War with Tripoli.  The war was unsuccessful for the United States, ending with a payment of a huge ransom to free the release of 270 sailors captured by the enemy.  It was not until 1815 that brute force ended the harassment by the pirates of American shipping.<ref>http://www.indepthinfo.com/articles/tripoly-war.shtml</ref>   

Meanwhile, Jefferson had his hands full with foreign conflicts.  Pirates were harassing and looting American shipping off the coasts of the Northern African countries of Morocco, Algiers and Tunis, which had a large port city known as "Tripoli" (it is now the capital city of Libya).  When Tripoli demanded more payoffs to stop the pirating, Congress declared war against it in 1805, known as the First Barbary War or the War with Tripoli.  The war was unsuccessful for the United States, ending with a payment of a huge ransom to free the release of 270 sailors captured by the enemy.  It was not until 1815 that brute force ended the harassment by the pirates of American shipping.<ref>http://www.indepthinfo.com/articles/tripoly-war.shtml</ref>  History books, however, tend to give Jefferson preferential treatment and declare this war to have been a victory.  It did inspire the opening lyric in the Marines' hymn, "From the halls of Montezuma, to the ''shores of Tripoli''."<ref>"Montezuma" is a reference to the Mexican War and the Battle of Chapultepec.</ref>

In 1807, bigger troubled occurred between the United States and England.  The British Orders in Council forbade any trade by the United States with France unless the trade first touched English ports.  This burden on American shipping led five years later to the War of 1812, despite the fact that England eventually rescinded the Orders slightly before Congress actually declared war.  (Keep in mind that communications then was not fast like today.)

In 1807, bigger troubled occurred between the United States and England.  The British Orders in Council forbade any trade by the United States with France unless the trade first touched English ports.  This burden on American shipping led five years later to the War of 1812, despite the fact that England eventually rescinded the Orders slightly before Congress actually declared war.  (Keep in mind that communications then was not fast like today.)