The seven states seceded in protest of the election of President Abraham Lincoln because he was an abolitionist and they feared he would abolish slavery in all states. The second reason was to retain their independence. The third reason was they knew the outcome would not be favorable if they remained a part of the Union.
The first one (South Carolina) seceded in 1860. The next six took their turn in the early part of 1861, before Lincoln's inauguration.
The reason was Lincoln's election win. He had campaigned on a ticket of no new slave-states. This meant that the South was doomed to be outvoted in Congress, which would keep passing laws favourable to the North.
It was called the Confederate States of America, and it had a Constitution very similar to the original one, but specifically protecting slavery.
The American Civil War started after seven states seceded from the United States because of slavery. President Lincoln also had to put the betterment of the nation ahead of the ability of states to secede
Seven Southern Confederate states seceded from the Union in 1860. The other four Southern states did likewise in 1861. These states were in favor of slavery, and believed Abraham Lincoln would try to bring an end to slavery, which he eventually did.
Seven states had seceded from the United States by 1861. One of those Confederate states, South Carolina, demanded that the US Army leave Fort Sumter, which started the Civil War.
South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas were the first seven states to leave the Union before Fort Sumter was bombarded.
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The Confederate States of America was formed in February 1861 by seven states which had seceded from the Union.
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James Buchanan was president when seven Souther states seceded. Four more seceded after Abraham Lincoln took office.
No states seceded from the Civil War. Seven states had seceded from the USA by the time of Fort Sumter, and four more seceded as a result of it. Later one new state, West Virginia, seceded from Virginia.
The States seceded from the Union
After the first seven states seceded, Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers, and this provoked four more states (including Virginia) into seceding.
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Seven states seceded from the Union to join the Confederates.
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The seven states of the deep south seceded while Buchanan was still President, before Lincoln was sworn in. These were South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.
The Southern US states that seceded from the Union, formed a government called the Confederate States of America. The CSA first consisted of seven Southern states at the time of the attack on Fort Sumter. Shortly afterwards, eleven states had seceded.