HARTFORD CONVENTION AND

THE TREATY OF GHENT

THE HARTFORD CONVENTION

Federalists met in Hartford, Connecticut, Dec 1814

New Englanders resented Madison for the Embargo Act & the war

Threatened to secede from the Union

Wanted changes to the Constitution to weaken the power of the South and West

Proposed Constitutional Amendments

Abolish the 3/5 Compromise

Require 2/3 of Senate to declare war

Place a 60-day limit on any embargo.

Limit president to 1 term

No president may succeed another president from the same state.

What a dangerous leap!!! but we must jump Brother Conn.

I cannot Brother Mass; let me pray and fast some time longer—little Rhode will jump the first

Poor little I, what will become of me? this leap is of a frightful size—I sink into despondency

"O'tis my Yankey boys! jump in my fine fellows; plenty molasses and Codfish; plenty of goods to Smuggle; Honours, titles and Nobility into the bargain."

"This is the produce of

the land they wish to

abandon."

"I, Strongly and most fervently

pray for the success of this

great leap which will change my

vulgar name into that of my Lord of Essex. God save

the King."

THE TREATY OF GHENT Between the U.S.

and Great Britain in Ghent, Belgium

American negotiators included John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay.

Signed December 24, 1814

Both sides were tired of the war

Neither side gained any territory

THE TREATY OF GHENT

None of the problems that caused the war were addressed

Americans saw the war as a victory because of they had beaten the British at New Orleans

Americans believed they had won a "second war of independence."

Treaty of Ghent is signed during while the convention is going on

Americans also win the Battle of New Orleans within a month

Federalists at the convention are seen as disloyal

Federalist Party is discredited

Doesn’t run a candidate for president in 1816

Shortly after they cease to be a political party

Effects of the Hartford Convention and Fall of Federalist Party