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打印
How did the war go
英美戰爭結果怎樣呢
Most scholars would considered it a draw
大部分學者認為結果是不分勝負，
The most important battle, the battle of the New Orlean happened after the peace settlement had been reached
美軍在最重要的大捷，新奧爾良戰役是在美英雙方達成和平協議后打響的
United States did not gain territories but didn't lose it
美國沒有獲得新的領土，但也沒有失去已有的
and actually that was a tremendous pride that U.S. had fought the British, the British imperial system to a draw
但這場戰爭為美國帶來了巨大的榮耀，美國可以和英國抗衡了且和其打成平手
Federalist ended up totally discrediting themselves
這場戰爭也使聯邦黨人完全名譽掃地
There were so much anti-war sentiment in New England
由于新英格蘭抗戰情緒高漲
that political representatives met in Hartford Connecticut signed the Hartford declaration
一些政治代表在康涅狄格州的哈德福特會晤，簽署了哈德福特聲明
where they threaten to withdraw with the Untied States
他們威脅要退出聯邦
They were talking about secession
還討論了新英格蘭獨立
by the time the war was over, the federalist was pretty much finished that was the main reason they were seen as having been disloyal
當戰爭結束之時聯邦黨也遭到了滅頂之災，這主要是因為人們認為他們賣國不忠
but there's an irony as well, well you can see the next election 1816, they were still getting some support
但很諷刺的是，在其后1816年的大選中仍有人支持聯邦黨
by 1820 that it disappeared altogether
不過在1820年則完全沒有支持者了
There's an irony here though, the Democratic Republicans starting with Madison and continuing with Monroe
還有一件諷刺的事情是，民主共和黨人由麥迪遜發起由門羅發揚光大，
they actually took on the federalist project
推進了一項原本由聯邦黨人倡議的計劃
Madison is an interesting character, I mean he was the main author of the U.S. Constitution, one of the mainauthor of the Constitution
麥迪遜是個個性獨特的人，他是美國憲法的主要作者，憲法的主要作者之一
And at that point he was aiming for fairly strong federal control, then he became an ardent Jeffersonian
那個時候，他已致力于建立一個較為強壯的聯邦政權，后來他又成為了一個熱忱的杰斐遜主義者
And wanted small federal government and a lot of states power but the war of 1812 changes his mind
即他希望建立小政府且各州握有實權，但1812年的戰爭又改變了他的想法
He decided U.S. is going to have a place in the sun and is going to be competing with the British empire
他認為美國需要一個統一的政權，能夠與大英帝國對抗
