The Impact of the War of 1812
By late 1814, Americans knew that peace talks had begun, but they did not know if they would succeed or how long they would last. As Jackson was preparing to fight the British at New Orleans, New Englanders were meeting to protest “Mr. Madison's War.”
New Englanders Protest Economic Instability The British blockade had hurt New England's sea trade. Also, many New Englanders feared that the United States might win land in Florida and Canada. If new states were carved out of these lands, the South and the West would become more influential than New England.
Delegates from around New England met in Hartford, Connecticut, in December 1814. Most were Federalists. They disliked the Democratic Republican President and the war. Some delegates to the Hartford Convention threatened to nullify, or cancel, the state of war in their states if the war continued. Others threatened to leave the Union. Then, while the delegates debated what to do, news of the peace treaty arrived. The Hartford Convention ended quickly. With the war over, the protest was meaningless. In the end, the threat of secession further weakened the dying Federalist party. The Varied Effects of the War A peace treaty was signed in the city of Ghent, in present-day Belgium, on December 24, 1814. John Quincy Adams, son of John Adams and one of the American delegates, summed up the Treaty of Ghent in one sentence: “Nothing was adjusted, nothing was settled.”
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The effects of the war include economic instability in New England due to the British blockade, which led to protests by New Englanders at the Hartford Convention. The threat of secession by some delegates weakened the dying Federalist party. The peace treaty itself, known as the Treaty of Ghent, did not result in any significant territorial changes or settlements.
- New Englanders protest "Mr. Madison's War" at Hartford Convention
- Some delegates threaten to nullify the state of war or leave the Union
- Peace treaty signed in Ghent, Belgium on December 24, 1814
- Treaty of Ghent does not result in any territorial changes or settlements
- Threat of secession weakens the Federalist party