Initially - doubts about the viability of the Confederacy. They wanted to back a winner.
Ethical position over slavery - although the war was not originally about slavery, the Lancashire cotton workers said they would sacrifice their jobs, rather than support the Confederacy.
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation made it impossible for free nations abroad to support the South without looking pro-slavery themselves.
Especially good diplomatic work by Lincoln's envoy in London - C.F. Adams (of the Presidential family).
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The French and the English did not support the Confederacy during the Civil War. Instead, the countries decided to support the Union.
They fought for the Confederacy throughout the war.
They were losing and needed help from a strong nation. They were losing and needed help from a strong nation.
The South was a manufacturing center for both countries.Their need for cotton would make them allies with the South. THIS ONEThe tariffs on Southern goods were lower than the North's. -NOT THIS ONE-
Because the South was so sure that Britain couldn't get by without their cotton that they would be bound to support the Confederacy.