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The Hartford Convention

In late 1814, Federalist delegates, primarily moderates, gathered in Hartford, Connecticut, to address a series of grievances and assert the rights of states. Their primary concern revolved around the growing belief that New Englanders were becoming a permanent minority in a nation increasingly dominated by southern Republicans, who they felt did not understand New England'

The Hartford Convention

The Hartford Convention

Goal: to assert states' rights

When: late 1814

Where: Hartford, Connecticut

The Proposal of the Convention

to bar embargoes lasting more than 60 days
to prohibit the election of two successive Presidents from the same state
to limit the President to a single term
to require a 2/3 vote of Congress to declare war and admit new states into the Union
to ammend the Constitution to abolish the 3/5 law

Why: to pass a series of revolutions summarizing New England's grievances

The belief that New Englanders were becoming a permanent minority in a nation dominated by southern Republicans who failed to understand New England's commercial interests

Who: Federalists, mostly moderates