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Pickering and Griswold Promote A Scheme for Secession
Secessionist schemes were slow to gain popular support. While they had been the topic of conversation in Massachusetts since 1786, they did not gain traction until 1804.[1] After Jefferson purchased Louisiana Federalists in both houses of Congress agreed that a … Continue reading →
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What Other New Englanders Wrote About Disunion between the East and West
In private correspondence to Noah Webster and Cyrus King respectively, Thomas Dawes and Ephraim Lock promoted a return of the government to the original thirteen states. They wanted to remove the three-fifths clause. They suggested permission from all states was needed … Continue reading →
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Tagged Caius, Cyrus King, Democratic-Republicans, Economic sanctions, Embargo, Ephraim Lock, Essex Junto, Federalists, Hartford Convention, Jefferson, Madison, Mathew Carey, Matthew Carey, New England, Noah Webster, Olive Branch, secession, Thomas Dawes, Timothy Pickering, War of 1812
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Why John Lowell, Jr. Advocated Uniting North and South Against the West
Jefferson and the Democratic-Republicans imagined a nation of farmers boldly opening the frontier of the Louisiana Territory. Massachusetts Federalists were tied to the Atlantic, and its mercantile trade. They were apprehensive about what was happening in the West.[1] The West, … Continue reading →
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Were New England’s Federalists Really Abolitionists?
During the 1780s Massachusetts abolished slavery. After that, the abolition society in Massachusetts stopped taking part in Philadelphia’s annual abolition convention.[1] After the economically crippling policies of Jefferson and Madison, the Federalists regained power in New England. The authorities segregated … Continue reading →
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Tagged antislavery, Caius, Civil War, Democratic-Republicans, Economic sanctions, Embargo, Essex Junto, Federalists, Hartford Convention, James Madison, Jedidiah Morse, Jefferson, Madison, Mathew Carey, Matthew Carey, New England, Olive Branch, Samuel Hopkins, secession, secession 2012, secession petitions, Slavery, Thomas Jefferson, Timothy Dwight, War of 1812, William Lloyd Garrison
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How Opposition to the Three-Fifths Clause Merged with a Moral Campaign
Opposition to slavery, as a tenet of Congregationalism, began with Samuel Hopkins. Hopkins (1721-1803) graduated from Yale College in 1741. As a senior, he was attracted to the revivalism of the Great Awakening, a movement led by the Congregational clergyman Jonathan … Continue reading →
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Tagged Caius, Civil War, Congregational, Congregationalists, Democratic-Republicans, Economic sanctions, Embargo, Essex Junto, Federalists, Hartford Convention, James Madison, Jefferson, Jonathan Edwards, Joseph Bellamy, Madison, Mathew Carey, Matthew Carey, New Divinity, New England, Olive Branch, Samuel Hopkins, secession, secession 2012, secession petitions, War of 1812
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How the French Influenced Sectional Discord
First with the Constitution, and next with the Jay Treaty, the more liberal New England Federalists migrated to Jefferson and Madison’s Democratic-Republican Party. That caused the more conservative faction, the Essex Junto, to gain prominence. Fisher Ames, one of the post-revolutionary leaders … Continue reading →
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Tagged Caius, Civil War, Democratic-Republicans, Economic sanctions, Embargo, Essex Junto, Federalists, France, French, Hartford Convention, James Madison, Jay Treaty, Jefferson, John Adams, Madison, Mathew Carey, Matthew Carey, Napoleon, New England, secession, secession 2012, secession petitions, Sectional Discord, Talleyrand, War of 1812
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How Jefferson’s Newspaper Politics Challenged New England’s Federalists
By 1800, the state of Massachusetts was split politically between Jefferson’s party and the Federalists. Roughly 20,000 voters were Democratic-Republican. About 25,000 voters were Federalists.[1] Following the election of 1800, Democratic-Republicans set their sights on augmenting their gains in New … Continue reading →
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Tagged Caius, Civil War, Democratic-Republicans, Economic sanctions, Embargo, Essex Junto, Federalists, Gideon Granger, Hartford Convention, Jefferson, Levi Lincoln, Madison, Mathew Carey, Matthew Carey, New England, Olive Branch, secession, secession 2012, secession petitions, War of 1812
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How the Jay Treaty Affected New England
A Recap of the Jay Treaty Issues: The British impressed American sailors—an issue especially important to New Englanders More than two hundred merchant ships were confiscated by the British—another issue important to New Englanders Merchants wanted trade reopened in the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Caius, Civil War, Democratic-Republicans, Economic sanctions, Embargo, Essex Junto, Federalists, Hartford Convention, Jay Treaty, Jefferson, Madison, Mathew Carey, Matthew Carey, New England, secession, secession 2012, secession petitions, War of 1812
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How the Federalist Party in New England Evolved (continued)
Differences of opinion among the Massachusetts Federalists became apparent in their responses to ratification of the Constitution. James Madison drew up the “Virginia Plan” for the Constitution on which debate by the delegates began. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were … Continue reading →
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How the Federalist Party Evolved in Massachusetts
As the last decade of the eighteenth century began, Massachusetts Federalists continued to be guided by the state’s revolutionary patriots. John Hancock (1737/8-1793) the wealthy merchant, and first signer the Declaration of Independence was enormously popular, with nearly infallible political instincts. He presented … Continue reading →
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