Date of Award
Spring 1977
Document Type
Senior Scholars Paper (Open Access)
Department
Colby College. History Dept.
Advisor(s)
George Maier
Abstract
The question of why the New England Federalists failed to force a confrontation with the national government has been a continuing historical controversy. I feel that the vigorous stance of the New England Democratic-Republicans particularly in Maine (then a part of Massachusetts), to radical Federalist schemes acted to restrain their
opponents. In the final analysis my argument is that New England could not act without Maine. To paraphrase Federalist George Herbert of Ellsworth, on such a slender thread do the destinies of nations hang.
Keywords
Maine, Massachusetts, Hartford Convention, War of 1812
Recommended Citation
Taylor, Alan S., "Maine and the Hartford Convention: The Impact of the War of 1812 on the Politics of Maine and Massachusetts" (1977). Senior Scholar Papers. Paper 514.https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/seniorscholars/514
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