Hartford Convention

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The Hartford Convention was a series of meetings from December 15, 1814, to January 5, 1815, in Hartford, Connecticut, United States, where New England leaders of the Federalist Party met to discuss their grievances and concerns about the ongoing War of 1812 and the political problems arising from the federal government's increasing power. This convention discussed removing the Three-fifths Compromise and requiring a two-thirds majority in Congress for the admission of new states, declarations of war, and creating laws restricting trade. The Federalists also discussed their grievances with the Louisiana Purchase and the Embargo of 1807. However, weeks after the convention's end, news of Major General Andrew Jackson's overwhelming victory in New Orleans swept over the Northeast. This led to an increased sense of nationalism, and many thought the Federalists were traitors. As a result, this discredited and disgraced the Federalists, resulting in their elimination as a major national political...

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