Hartford Convention

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The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.2: American (US) Writing and Culture: The Nineteenth Century, 1783-1900.
Vol. editors: J. Michael Duvall (College of Charleston), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Tony Papanikolas (San Jose State University)

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Politics

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Date of occurrence 1814-12-15-1815-01

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Federalists call for the repeal of the Three-Fifths compromise, require a two-thirds vote for admission of new states and declarations of war as well as a one-term limit to the presidential office and the forbidding of successive presidents to come from the same state.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Hartford Convention". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 March 2010 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=10851, accessed 19 April 2024.]

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