Would you believe that arguments between our Founding Fathers were fully as “spirited” as the debates in Washington D.C. today? Make sure and watch this episode of Revolutionary War Rarities as we discuss the disunity that could have easily torn this nation apart, even before it’s founding. We are the podcast from the Sons of the American Revolution.
A brief list of resources to do further research on the topics mentioned in this episode:
Aaron Burr – Alexander Hamilton https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/duel/
The Blount Conspiracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Blount
The Conway Cabal https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/conway-cabal
Thomas Hickey Plot to kill George Washington https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/plot-kill-george-washington-180970729/
Matthew Lyon Censure for Sedition https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/matthew-lyon/
Alien and Sedition Acts https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/adams-alien-and-seditions-act/ Silas Deane https://yankeeinstitute.org/2024/05/17/the-complicated-life-of-silas-deane/
The Death of George Wythe Season 3, Episode 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znrbrZFujyg&t
XYZ Affair https://www.monticello.org/research-education/thomas-jefferson-encyclopedia/xyz-affair/
Additional Reading: “Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics” by H.W. Brands
“The Adams Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams” edited by Lester Cappon
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