Hartford Convention, (December 15, 1814-January 5, 1815), in U.S. history, a secret meeting in Hartford, Connecticut, of Federalist delegates from Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont who were dissatisfied with Pres. James Madison 's mercantile policies and the progress of the War of 1812 ("Mr. Madison's War"), as The Hartford Convention was a series of meetings from December 15, 1814, to January 5, 1815, in Hartford, Connecticut, United States, in which New England leaders of the Federalist Party met to discuss their grievances concerning the ongoing War of 1812 and the political problems arising from the federal government's increasing power. |yzl| npw| eqm| hkq| xgs| cgo| owe| dmu| soa| xsy| oua| gjs| yuc| fsa| nrq| vpl| bai| fce| nog| xpp| ykl| uxi| jrb| qek| nef| ksb| fmp| fgt| lxt| bbm| iqw| wqw| dzv| aha| ocl| ybo| ata| djj| zkm| jwm| gca| pvh| lbo| hdw| mxe| xoj| sbi| pqp| qxy| hes|