USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Leading Federalists in New England believed that the best way to register their displeasure with the conflict was to oppose it visibly and vigorously.

Detailed explanation-2: -New England Federalists opposed the war because they relied on trade with Britain for their livelihoods. They knew the war would lead to a disruption of trade that would hurt them economically. Later in the war, the Federalist threaten to secede or leave the Union which forces Madison to seek peace. 4.

Detailed explanation-3: -Federalist Senator Rufus King stated that he “regarded the war, as a war of party and not of country.” That perspective was adopted among Federalists after a series of riots in Baltimore during the summer of 1812.

Detailed explanation-4: -Madison’s War” erupted in those parts of the country where the opposition party, the Federalists, held sway, especially in Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Detailed explanation-5: -Because seafaring New Englanders opposed the war, while westerners and southerners supported it, Federalists accused war advocates of expansionism under the ruse of protecting American maritime rights.