Hartford Convention

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• The Hartford Convention

  • At the Hartford Convention of 1814, New England Federalists met to discuss their grievances over current events.
  • The depth of the Federalists’ discontent became evident when twenty-six Federalists met in Connecticut in December of 1814 for the Hartford Convention.
  • The Hartford Convention met between December 1814 and early 1815 and included delegates from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
  • This image shows a page from Theodore Lyman's 1823 book on the Hartford Convention that lists the names of New England delegates who attended the meeting.
  • Describe the political and economic circumstances that gave rise to the Hartford Convention

• The War's Aftermath

  • Americans regained their honor and proclaimed victory in what they called a "second war of independence" for the decisive defeat of the British invaders at New Orleans seemed to prove that Britain could never regain control of America, and the threat of secession by New England ended with the failure of the Hartford Convention.

• Planter Power

  • At the Hartford Convention, New England voiced its opposition to President James Madison and the War of 1812, and discussed secession from the Union.

• The "Era of Good Feelings"

  • The Federalist Party largely dissolved after the Hartford Convention in 1814–15, and subsequently, political bitterness declined.

• The Treaty of Ghent

  • Finally, the threat of secession by New England ended with the failure of the Hartford Convention.

• Conclusion: Early Trials

  • The depth of the Federalists’ discontent is illustrated by the proceedings of the December 1814 Hartford Convention, a meeting of 26 Federalists in Connecticut, where some attendees issued calls for New England to secede from the United States.
  • The convention forever discredited the Federalist Party and led to its downfall.

• Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Maine

  • The original settlements were along the Connecticut River at Hartford, Windsor and Wethersfield.

• From Annapolis to Philadelphia

  • Prior to the Philadelphia Convention, delegates met twice-—at Mount Vernon and Annapolis—to discuss changes to the Confederation.
  • Prior to the Annapolis Convention and the 1787 Philadelphia convention that saw the drafting of the United States Constitution, delegates from Virginia and Maryland met at George Washington's home at Mount Vernon, Virginia in March 1785.
  • In January 1786, Virginia invited all the states to attend a meeting on commercial issues that would be the ground-breaking Annapolis Convention, where twelve delegates from five states unanimously called for a constitutional convention.
  • The convention met in September 1786.
  • The direct result of the report was the Philadelphia Convention of 1787, which produced the United States Constitution.

• Settling New England

  • The original settlements were along the Connecticut River at Hartford, Windsor and Wethersfield.

• Nationalists of the 1780s

  • Long dissatisfied with the weak Articles of Confederation, nationalists drafted a resolution to form the Annapolis Convention.
  • Rhode Island, fearing that the Convention would work to its disadvantage, boycotted the Convention and in 1788 refused ratification on the first try.
  • He drafted its resolution for a constitutional convention, and in doing so brought his longtime desire to have a more powerful, more financially independent federal government one step closer to reality.
  • The direct result of the report was the Philadelphia Convention of 1787, which produced the United States Constitution.
  • Explain why states were motivated to come together at the Annapolis Convention