Unit 5: Jacksonian Democracy/ The Young

NationChapter 10: The Rise of a New Nation, 1815-1836

Hartford Convention, Dec. 1814New England states (Federalists) met to discuss

their grievances with the govt.

Drafted a set of resolutions suggesting nullification & secession if their demands were not metGovt. financial assistance to compensate for lost

tradeLimit Presidents to a single termProhibit the election of two successive presidents

from the same stateProposed a constitutional amendment requiring

2/3 vote in Congress for embargos and war declarations

Led to the demise of the Federalist Party

Era of Good Feelings (or Rising Tensions?)

Henry Clay’s American System

President Madison wanted a new domestic policy that corrected economic problems & invested in the nation’s future

War Hawk Henry Clay took the initiative & created the nation’s new economic agendaStrong banking systemImprovements in transportation

& communicationTariffs to protect domestic

industries & fund internal improvements

Henry Clay’s American System

Led to the charter of the Second Bank of the U.S.

Roads & canals would strengthen the ties between the agricultural and industrial sections of the countryCumberland Road (National Road)

621 miles from Cumberland, MD to Wheeling, VA

Erie Canal-links the waters of Lake Erie & the Hudson

River, from Buffalo to Albany

The National (Cumberland) Road

The Erie Canal

Henry Clay’s American System

Tariff of 1816 became our first protective tariff designed to protect our textile industry

Supreme Court Cases

Fletcher v. Peck 1810

McCulloch v. Maryland 1819

Dartmouth College v. Woodward 1819

Gibbons v. Ogden 1824

**All gave more power to the federal govt. over the states