The die-hard Federalists who organized a scheme to break away from the Union and create a "northern confederacy" in 1804 were the
A) Federal Constitutionalists.
B) Essex Junto.
C) Hartford Convention.
D) War Hawks.

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The Essex Junto was a group of extreme Federalists who, disillusioned with the policies of the Jefferson administration and the direction of the national government, contemplated the secession of New England and the creation of a separate "northern confederacy" in the early 1800s.

The Die-Hard Federalists Who Organized a Scheme to Break Away