What was the Essex Junto?

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A junto is a faction, or a group of people with a political purpose or agenda.

The Essex Junto was located in Essex County, Massuchusetts.

In early American history, the Essex Junto was a federalist group opposed to John Hancock and his supporters at the Massachusetts state convention in 1778.

Later, the Essex Junto were supporters of Alexander Hamilton and his policy of federal neutrality and opposed Thomas Jefferson.

They became a rather radical group, and when Alexander Hamilton refused to go along with their plan to have New England secede from the union, they supported Aaron Burr instead.

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What was the Essex Junto?

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he Essex Junto was a group of lawyers and merchants from Essex County, Massachusetts. These Federalists supported Alexander Hamilton and the Massachusetts radicals. When Hamilton was offered a place in the plot to secede New England from the Union, he denied the offer. Consequently, the Essex Junto turned to support from Aaron Burr, who agreed to help the radical group because of his dissatisfaction in the office of Vice President. This plot, to have Burr elected governor of New York and launch the secession, was eventually foiled by Hamilton himself.

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"[A] group of 'men of education and property', representatives of Essex County, Mass., who came together at Ipswich in April 1778 to consider a new constitution for Massachusetts. Their adverse opinion, expressed in the 'Essex Result', of the proposals of John Hancock caused him to characterize the group as the Essex Junto. They constituted the dominant group in the Federalist party for a number of years, speaking of themselves as the 'wise and good and rich,' qualified by birth, education, and property to rule. They faovred adoption of the federal Constitution, supported Alexander Hamilton's financial program, and opposed Thomas Jefferson and all he stood for."

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