The Hartford Convention by

Overview

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In December 1814, Federalists met in Hartford, Connecticut to discuss what could be done to the growing United States. Members of the Essex Junto still urged the New England states to separate from the rest of the states. Other delegates refused and instead called for several constitutional amendments to increase the political power in the region.

Amendments Proposed at the Convention

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►Legislatures should be authorized to defend their territory against enemies, collect a reasonable amount of taxes to be paid to the treasuries for the future defense of the states.

►Governors or Commanders-in Chief should be authorized to form corps that are most convenient for the safety of the state.

►The aforementioned legislatures should be proposed to the states and should preserve these amendments until further notice.

►Representatives and taxes shall be appointed by several states before it goes into action in the union.

►No new state shall be admitted into the union by Congress without two thirds of both houses agreeing.

►Congress cannot have the power to prohibit trade of citizens of the United States for more than 60 days.

►Congress doesn’t have the power to interfere with the commerce of citizens and foreign countries without the agreement of two thirds of both houses.

►Congress cannot declare war against foreign nations without agreement of two thirds of both houses unless the acts of violence are for defence.

►No person who wasn’t originally a citizen from here onward can be a representative of the Senate or House.

►The same person can’t be president a second time. Presidents cannot be from the same states in two terms.
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/hartconv.asp

Hartford Convention

lamqueenie96 — 2014-02-20 18:18:39 UTC

On December 15, 1914, delegates met in the Old State House in Hartford Massachusetts. Delegates from Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, and New Hampshire legislatures met for three weeks to draft a protest against the federal government's involvement in the War of 1812.

Some wanted New England to secede from the states but majority of New England Federalists feared Civil War and debated the idea.

By June 18, 1812, Britain and the United States were at war. The New England states feared invasion of their land and didn't support the war.

The Hartford Convention drafted a declaration to the Federal Government to protect New England and to give financial aid to New England's economy. It also gave some recommendations for Constitutional amendments.

The final report was issued January 5, 1815. The delegates didn't know that the Treaty of Ghent was signed on December 24, 1814 because the news reached the US in late January.

http://connecticuthistory.org/the-hartford-convention-today-in-history/