Today's installment concludes The Hartford Convention,the name of our combined selection from Simeon E. Baldwin and John S. Barry. The concluding
Why the Hartford Convention Formed
The adoption of the report of the committee of the Legislature, and the calling of the convention, which assembled shortly after in Hartford,
Massachusetts Originates The Hartford Convention
The not unnatural implication from such expressions was that absolute necessity . . . might justify secession, even during the pending
New England States Opposes the War of 1812
The War of 1812 increased the general sense of injustice and wrong, but legislative protests were still kept within bounds.Continuing The Hartford
Did Federalists Want to Secede From the Union?
The proposition does not seem to have been communicated even to a majority of the Federalists in Congress.Continuing The Hartford Convention,with
The Hartford Convention
This series has six easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Peace Movement Against the War of 1812.IntroductionAlthough this
Federal Politics Begins
Bringing the best history on the web. -- From Crash Course, their US History Series, #9. Where US Politics Came From, published on April 4,
Jefferson Concludes Inauguration Speech
Today's installment concludes Jefferson's Party Defeats the Federalists,the name of our combined selection from Hermann Von Holst and Thomas
Jefferson Party Principles
And let us reflect that, having banished from our land that religious intolerance under which mankind so long bled and suffered, we have yet gained