15 déc. 1814 - Hartford Convention

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From December 1814 to January 1815, the Hartford Convention was a series of meetings held in Connecticut, U.S. The Federalist Party of New England met and addressed their concerns about the continuing War of 1812 and the political issues resulting from the growing influence of the federal government. A call for a two-thirds vote by both houses on any potential declaration of war was one of the proposals adopted by this convention. The convention also debated the abolition of the three-fifths compromise, which gave excessive control to slave states in Congress. In addition, the Federalists mentioned their concerns about the Louisiana Purchase and the Embargo of 1807. The Hartford Convention ended in a decree calling on the Federal Government to preserve New England and to provide the severely battered economy of New England with financial assistance. Briefly after the convention, reports came of both the victory of Jackson in New Orleans and the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the war's criticism and undermined the Federalists, calling them unpatriotic.

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