War of 1812: Divisions of Chaos

The War of 1812 mainly emphasized all of New England's political divisions; two main groups derived from America's disunity, Federalists and Democratic-Republicans. This is otherwise known as sectionalism, and beliefs in different ideas led to this.

Thomas Jefferson remained a huge part of American disunity: accentuating his many mistakes in American fate. His inexperience in leading a country into democracy formed many negative ideas about America, such as Jefferson's Embargo Act of 1807. This law forbade the export of all goods from the United States, whether in American or in foreign ships. Jefferson underestimated the power of Great Britain and overestimated its dependence on American exports. The Republicans hurt the commerce of New England, which they were ironically trying to protect. The Federalists were entirely secluded from all American and European affairs, appropriately the ones who think Jefferson mad. However, Federalists are building their own faction at this time of turmoil, and increases the level of disunity between both parties. They gained new converts, and its leaders hurled nullification of the embargo into Washington. The discredited Federalists in 1804 had polled only 14 electoral votes out of 176; in 1808, the embargo year, the figure rose to 47 out of 175. This event generally strengthened tensions between America and Britain, but at the same time, added heat between internal policy.