To end the war of 1812, because they believed it America had little chance of gaining anything from the war.
Hartford Convention
The Hartford Convention was a meeting of Federalists to discuss the War of 1812 and the Louisiana Purchase. However Andrew Jackson's victory at New Orleans embarrassed the Federalist Party.
The most significant outcome of the Hartford Convention was the demise of the Federalist Party. Because the Federalists met in secrecy, they were viewed as treasonous to the rest of the country and two years later, the Federalist presidential candidate was soundly defeated by James Monroe.
It was called the Hartford Convention.
The Hartford Convention's allegedly treasonous activities fatally damaged the Federalist Part's reputation
The Hartford Convention
it destroyed the federalist party
The Federalist Party.
Hartford Convention
The immediate goal of the Hartford Convention was to keep the Federalist states from seceeding from the United States after the recent battles and their unpopularity
The Hartford Convention was a meeting of Federalists to discuss the War of 1812 and the Louisiana Purchase. However Andrew Jackson's victory at New Orleans embarrassed the Federalist Party.
The most significant outcome of the Hartford Convention was the demise of the Federalist Party. Because the Federalists met in secrecy, they were viewed as treasonous to the rest of the country and two years later, the Federalist presidential candidate was soundly defeated by James Monroe.
It was called the Hartford Convention.
The Jay Treaty, America's neutrality with Britain, the Alien and Sedition Acts, and the Hartford Convention basically finished them off.
The Federalist party-dominated Hartford Convention of December 1814 issued a report that attacked the War of 1812 as ineffective and oppressive, and made recommenations to limit the power of the federal government.
The Hartford Convention's allegedly treasonous activities fatally damaged the Federalist Part's reputation
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