war of 1812

Political and regional divisions between New England and the rest of the United States, federalists and democrats came to a peak during the War of 1812. The Nations existence was threatened by the conflict of prowar Jeffersonians, democrats and also known as war hawks, versus antiwar federalists. Because most of the Federalists were located in New England there was also a regional division and some of them even proposed succession from the Union. Their resentment towards war was so strong that some of them even lent money to the British exchequer and New England farmers sent huge quantities of supplies to and foodstuffs to Canada, enabling British armies to invade New York. This was a peak in division, because States were working against each other and indirectly fighting a war within the U.S. Another highlight was the Harford Convention, where Federalists tried to express their grievances and complaints about the war to the government. Because of Macdonough’s and other victories the War of 1812 was not viewed in such a bad light and the Hartford Convention was seen as treachery and a death dirge for the Federalist Party.