Editing Battle of New Orleans (section)

===Political outcomes===
[[New England]] as a whole was against the war. The leaders of the [[Federalist Party]] of New England met at the [[Hartford Convention]] and decided to deliver a set of demands to the federal government in January 1815.{{sfnp|Morison|1968|p=38-54, 166}} The moderates were in charge and there was no proposal to secede from the union. When the Hartford delegation reached Washington word of the great American victory at New Orleans came and the Federalists were seen as traitors and anti-American; the Federalist Party was permanently ruined.{{sfnp|Howe|2007|p= 61, 90}}

The economic impact of the War of 1812 resulted in discord for those in the northern New England states harmed by the blockade. Their concerns were voiced through the [[Federalist Party]]. The [[Hartford Convention]] saw them discuss their grievances concerning the ongoing war and the political problems arising from the federal government's increasing power. Federalists were increasingly opposed to slavery, both on principle and because the [[Three-fifths Compromise]] gave a political advantage to their opponents, who gained increased representation because of the weight given to enslaved (and therefore disenfranchised) people. This had resulted in the [[Virginia Dynasty|dominance of Virginia]] in the presidency since 1800.

By the time the Federalist "ambassadors" got to Washington, the war was over and news of [[Andrew Jackson]]'s stunning victory in the Battle of New Orleans had raised American morale immensely. The "ambassadors" hastened back to Massachusetts, but not before they had done fatal damage to the Federalist Party. The Federalists were thereafter associated with the disloyalty and parochialism of the Hartford Convention and destroyed as a political force. Across the nation, Republicans used the great victory at New Orleans to ridicule the Federalists as cowards, defeatists and secessionists. Pamphlets, songs, newspaper editorials, speeches and entire plays on the Battle of New Orleans drove home the point.{{sfnp|Stoltz|2012|pp=112-127}}

The [[Era of Good Feelings]] resulted from the Battle of New Orleans. From 1815 to 1825 there was single-party rule in Washington and an overwhelming feeling of [[Americanism (ideology)|patriotism]] due to the extinction of the Federalist Party. The era saw the collapse of the Federalist Party and an end to the bitter partisan disputes between it and the dominant [[Democratic-Republican Party]] during the [[First Party System]].

Andrew Jackson served as the seventh [[president of the United States]] from 1829 to 1837.

The void left by the Federalist Party was replaced by the [[Whig Party (United States)]], which came into being in 1833, in opposition to Andrew Jackson, and his policies as President. The Whig Party fell apart in the 1850s due to divisions over the expansion of slavery. Once more, a division between southern and northern states came into being.

The victory at New Orleans effectively kept the United States unified for the next 45 years until the [[American Civil War]].