William Charles' LEAP NO LEAP cartoon attacked this meeting, and Letters Developing the Character and Views of this as well as Letters in Defense of this were written by the man who served as its leader.
William Charles' LEAP NO LEAP cartoon attacked this meeting, and Letters Developing the Character and Views of this as well as Letters in Defense of this were written by the man who served as its leader. During this meeting Caleb Strong, the Governor of Massachusetts, went on a secret peace mission which attempted to trade northern Maine to Great Britain, and its unofficial leader was Harrison Gray Otis. The amendments proposed at this meeting included a limitation of Congress' embargo power to sixty days, an end of the Three-fifths compromise and one which would have prevented presidents from being elected from the same state for more than two successive terms. This meeting was attended by members of the Essex Junto, who supported secession, and it was a reaction to the Non-Intercourse Act and Embargo Act of 1807. Resulting in the demise of the Federalist Party, for 10 points, name this meeting of New England states during the War of 1812 which was rendered ineffectual by the signing of the Treaty of Ghent.
William Charles' LEAP NO LEAP cartoon attacked this meeting, and Letters Developing the Character and Views of this as well as Letters in Defense of this were written by the man who served as its leader.
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