Andrew Van Wolde

Alexander Hamilton was born on a Caribbean Island named Nevis in 1757. He was the son of a jobless Scotsman and a shifty French woman. His father left when he was 10 and four years later his mom died. He made his living on slavery even though he thought it was wrong. He was great at math and finance. He went to college in America and fought in the army in the revolutionary war. He was one of the aids to George Washington. He had a very dark view of life and the thing in it. He moved to New York after the war. He helped implement the system of checks and balances. He wanted to ruin Burrs career.

Aaron Burr moved to New York after the war. He wanted to have power, one of his mottos was “Great men have little use for small morals.” He would often go one hunting trips alone. He liked the idea of women rights so much that he made sure that his daughter had all of the same advantages as men. He was great politician. One of his strategies was to avoid all of the controversial issues so that he wouldn’t make many enemies. He ran for governor of New York but lost because of Alexander Hamilton.

The Duel was fought on the New Jersey shore on the morning of July 11 1804. After the guns were loading they went 20 steps apart and had three seconds to shoot. According to Alexander Hamilton’s second, he shot into the air instead of a Burr, but according to Burr’s second he shot at Burr and missed. Burr then shot Hamilton in the gut. Afterwords Aaron Burr went home and ate a good breakfast. Then he wrote the doctor about Hamilton’s condition. Hamilton died 10 days later.

I think Aaron Burr should have missed on purpose because Hamilton missed first I also think that it was stupid for Alexander Hamilton to leave his life in Burr’s hands. Burr should have missed also, even though they were enemies it is wrong to kill someone.

I like the hobbit song.

The case of Greece vs. Galloway is the most resent case about the separation of church and state, and what the limit is. The town of Greece prayed before the town meetings. The prayer was given by a Christian Chaplain almost every time and Susan Galloway thought that it violated the First Amendment by favoring one religion. First she complained to Greece, but when they didn’t change it, she sued them. It has gone through two courts, One siding with Greece, One with Galloway. It is now in the supreme court and is going on right now.

I side with Galloway  because Greece gave the town a religion when they had all of the prayers, by a Christian. Praying before a meeting violates the Constitution because the First Amendment says that the Government is not allowed to make any laws prohibiting religion. It also says that they are not allowed to establish or favor a religion, and by having the prayers given by only Christians they are saying that they favor Christianity, which is against the Constitution.

In science the last few days we have been doing a experiment with eggs. We put the eggs in vinegar so that the shell disolved and there was just the membrane left. Then when the shell was completely off we put our eggs in Pepsi and it turned the membrane brown, but the egg didn’t absorb any of it, just turned the membrane brown.

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