This event was exposed by a Kentucky newspaper called the Western World. Its leaders used as a headquarters an island on the Ohio River owned by Harman Blennerhassett. This scheme's leader obtained funding from Carlos Martinez de Irujo y Tacon, a Spanish minister. While its leader had early charges dismissed thanks to lawyer Henry Clay, that man eventually faced federal charges in a trial supervised by Chief Justice John Marshall. This plot was exposed by General James Wilkinson, who sent a letter to President Thomas Jefferson revealing the perfidy of his former Vice President. For 10 points, name this 19th century conspiracy to create an independent nation in the Am
This event was exposed by a Kentucky newspaper called the Western World. Its leaders used as a headquarters an island on the Ohio River owned by Harman Blennerhassett. This scheme's leader obtained funding from Carlos Martinez de Irujo y Tacon, a Spanish minister. While its leader had early charges dismissed thanks to lawyer Henry Clay, that man eventually faced federal charges in a trial supervised by Chief Justice John Marshall. This plot was exposed by General James Wilkinson, who sent a letter to President Thomas Jefferson revealing the perfidy of his former Vice President. For 10 points, name this 19th century conspiracy to create an independent nation in the American Southwest, a scheme led by the killer of Alexander Hamilton.
This event was exposed by a Kentucky newspaper called the Western World.