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