War of 1812

The War of 1812 strongly accentuated the political and regional differences within the nations, the central problem stemming from the tension between the federalist of New England and The Democratic-Republicans dispersed throughout the rest of the nation. The chief conflict based in political beliefs, which both sides were willing to fight for. There were even harsh debates on the subject whether to go to war or not, furthering the political differences. Federalists would even supply the British to prevent war. Threats of secession by New England states were loud; Britain immediately exploited these divisions, blockading only southern ports for much of the war and encouraging smuggling, intensifying regional and political incongruities. Such disunity would eventually cause the Hartford Convention in 1814 as federalists explained their grievances. But this convention was eventually revealed as treason, showing even as one side was trying to solve things, the other would simply condemn them for trying to do so.