Why did the Federalist Party fail?

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northeast had long been a Federalist stronghold. As the center of international commerce, the
northeast also suffered terrible economic hardships during the War of 1812. This conflict
brought virtually all overseas commerce to a halt. To make matters worse, the war started off
terribly for the United States. As the situation worsened, Federalist leaders gathered in
Hartford in December 1814 to enumerate their complaints against the way the
Democratic-Republican controlled federal government was waging the war. They even petitioned the
federal government for financial compensation for those...

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