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Aaron Burr, third vice-president of the U.S.
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Former
Vice-president Aaron Burr endured the humiliation of a treason trial
because
(A) he shot and killed Aaron Burr in a duel
(B) he allegedly plotted with the Spanish in a scheme to separate
a section of the West from the U.S.
(C) of his contesting the Election of 1800 against Thomas
Jefferson
(D) of the Chesapeake-Leopard incident
(E) he conspired with Tecumseh in the Battle of Tippecanoe
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