What do you mean save for spain? The colonists and later the US residents HATED the dons, which is what the aristocracy of the spaniards were known.
Aaron Burr actually was trying to mount a private invasion of mexico to make himself emporer of it when his political rival, Thomas Jefferson, whom he lost the presidency to by one vote, (electors, eatch congressaman and senator got an elector back then,) and instead was elected vice president prior, (second highest vote getter for prez was vp then,) had him arrested and charged under false charges to get rid of his rival.
Burr remarked prior to all of this that jefferson moralized on all subjects yet was a piece of shit in his own life, I’m paraphrasing.
Anyway, the trial was a spectacle, Andrew Jackson came in on Burr’s side, (Jackson was even more of a piece of shit than jefferson but that’s another story.) There was a big camp on Burr’s side. One notable purposefully bumped into jefferson’s hack supporter on the street during the trial, made a scene, and challenged him to a duel. Shit was hot. Burr got a not guilty verdict. Forget where the trial was but I think fed court in virginia but don’t quite recall.
thefluffiest@feddit.nl 1 week ago
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Our chief weapon is surprise! And a ruthless efficiency. Our TWO chief weapons . . .
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
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daychilde@lemmy.world 1 week ago
On the contrary, the Spanish Inquisition would generally give a 30 day written warning before showing up.