US History timeline & concept chart: 1789-1860 Early Republic to Antebellum: Difference between revisions
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'''Essex Junto''' | '''Essex Junto''' | ||
** Aaron Burr | * group of New England Federalists who advocated secession by New England (and against the 1780 Massachusetts constitution) | ||
* were sympathetic to England and opposed trade restrictions which severely impaired the New England economy | |||
* most organizers were from Essex County, MA | |||
** John Adams and John Hancock called them the "Essex Junto" as an insult | |||
* principal leader Rep. Thomas Pickering vehemently opposed Jefferson's anti-British trade acts | |||
* the Junto wanted Hamilton to join, but he refused to join their movement and plots | |||
* in 1804 they approached Aaron Burr who was sympathetic | |||
* supported the """Hartford Convention''' which met in 1814-15 in opposition to the War of 1812 | |||
** during the war, the group was called the "Blue Lights" because they used blue lights to warn British warships of American vessels that were trying to run the British blockade or as a signal to the British to smuggle goods with them | |||
* events and personalities regarding the Essex Junto led to the '''Burr-Hamilton duel''' of 1804, in which Burr killed Hamilton | |||
''' 12th Amendment'' to the Constitution, 1804 | ''' 12th Amendment'' to the Constitution, 1804 | ||
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** so the Electoral College votes are for combined "ticket" of President and Vice President candidates | ** so the Electoral College votes are for combined "ticket" of President and Vice President candidates | ||
'''European blockades of US ports''', 1805 | '''European blockades of US ports''', 1805 | ||
* British-French conflict again disrupts U.S. trade and politics | * British-French conflict again disrupts U.S. trade and politics | ||
* blockades of U.S. ports by both French and British | * blockades of U.S. ports by both French and British | ||
* British commences impressment of US sailors | * British commences impressment of US sailors | ||
** = seizing American sailors to serve of British warships | |||
** British claimed any sailor born in England or had previously served on a British warship had to serve Britain | |||
*** the ''Chesapeake-Leopard affair'' sparked U.S. outrage over British impressment | |||
**** the British HMS Leopard borded the U.S. Chesapeake and took four crew members and hanged one for desertion | |||
* New England trade economy collapses | * New England trade economy collapses | ||
* '''Non-importation Act of 1806''' = embargo on British goods in response to British impressment of American sailors | |||
* '''Embargo Act of 1807''' = US response to blockades, shut down trade | * '''Embargo Act of 1807''' = US response to blockades, shut down trade | ||
* '''Non-Intercourse Act of 1809''' reopened trade w/ other nations except Britain and France | * '''Non-Intercourse Act of 1809''' reopened trade w/ other nations except Britain and France | ||
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