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Hartford Convention and the Treaty of Ghent

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

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Hartford Convention and the Treaty of Ghent

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  1. Hartford Convention and the Treaty of Ghent

  2. 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

  3. 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.

  4. What a dangerous leap!!! but we must jump Brother Conn. Poor little I, what will become of me? this leap is of a frightful size—I sink into despondency I cannot Brother Mass; let me pray and fast some time longer—little Rhode will jump the first "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." "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." "This is the produce of the land they wish to abandon."

  5. 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

  6. 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."

  7. Effects of the Hartford Convention and Fall of Federalist Party • 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

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