How Did The Louisiana Purchase Affect The Federalist Party

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The war of 1812 contributed to the Federalist Party to disappear due to the administrations of Jefferson and Madison. The party transformed from a party of national power to a party of the privilidged. A huge contribution was the Louisiana Purchase and how I grew the size of the US and the three-fifths rule which was an issue, and it was more of a Western problem that it was of a southern issue. There was two main influences that impacted the Federalist Party to end. One was the Embargo Act of 1807 it was damaging to the people which left their lives and havoc and having harsh effects that left many Americans either in bankruptcy, jail , debt ,and even some were unemployed. The Embargo Act of 1807 was causing to stop ships from leaving American …show more content…

For Jefferson in 1804 running for president he stood by his word that "one man" could positively represent the whole nation. He won the election when his party stressed the 12th amendment giving him an open door to presidency. As times are changing New England's political and economical situation worsened and fear of the people grew much higher. Federalist politics made an extreme decision they were split and divided between two groups called the radicals and the moderates. The issue forcing the split was " whether the union was in New England's ultimate interest"(pg5). when everything started to become a complete disaster some Federalist withdrew fro the union altogether and others decided to make peace with Great Britain. The moderates tried to find a political solution within the constitutional framework to fix what was falling apart knowing that Jefferson followed the Constitution strictly they thought this was the best way to help him and continue the Federalist Party. The radicals and moderates took different paths but everything came down to the Hartford Convention of 1814 -1815. Documents conventions final decision south towards a victory for the

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