Rather, everyone in the kingdom had a seat at the table, for here Arthur heard the voices of everyday citizens as well. King Arthur is myth; but, the effectiveness of the round table, especially with. regard to public engagement is very real. It is an excellent form of small group.
When the British began to seize ships bound for French ports, Washington sent John Jay, a prominent Federalist and chief justice of the Supreme Court, to London to negotiate a treaty. Jay was a weak negotiator and unwilling to provoke the British.ay returned to the United States with a treaty that removed some British outposts from the Northwest (posts that the British had promised to abandon in the Treaty of 1783 that ended the Revolution), but did relatively nothing to confirm the neutral rights of American ships.
Declaration of Independence - 1776 Articles of Confederation - 1777 The Constitution for the United States, Its Sources and Its Application. The Hartford Convention Dec. 15, 1814-Jan. 4, 1815. A meeting was held in Hartford, Connecticut to consider the problems of New England in the War of 1812. Prior to the war, New England Federalists (see Federalist party) had opposed the Embargo Act of 1807 and other government measures. Many of them continued to oppose the government after fighting had begun.