On April 17, Virginia seceded. However, the western counties in Va were anti-slavery and formed their own state (West Va.). In May, Tennesse, North Carolina, and Arkansas seceded.
The confederation of the 11 states are called Confederate States of America. Here are the members: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia
During the Civil War era, there was a great debate about the ethics of slavery. The southerners seceded because they did not agree with laws that were prohibiting slave ownership, and this started the Civil War.
Simply because no single political party had sufficient majority to govern on it's own. Just as we have a coalition government at the moment.
Prior to the Civil War, southern states seceded to form their own country; the Confederate States of America.
They had to form a government to be able to form an army, to have a means to make laws, and to make payments/salary of the troops, buy weapons, to buy gunpowder and feed troops.
The South seceded to form their own independent country just like the colonies seceded from Great Britain.
The Southern states formed their own country when they seceded from the United States. Their country became known as the Confederate States of America.
They called it "The Confederate States of America."
They seceded from the union and formed their own confederation of states.
The same as it had been in 1862, except that the Western counties of Virginia seceded from that state in 1863 to form their own state of West Virginia.
Those states seceded from the union in attempt to maintain the right to own slaves.
No- war did not actually break out until after Buchanan left office even though seven states had seceded from the Union and set up their own government.
When Lincoln won election to his first term, but before taking office, South Carolina seceded from the Union on 20 December 1860. This was followed in 1861 by ten other southern states. These eleven seceded southern states then formed their own government, the Confederate States of America (CSA).
Well the united states has the Illuminatti which can do anything.
When the South separated or seceded from the Union, they attempted to make their own country and they named it "The Confederate states of America."-later in the Civil War to be known as the Confederates or Confederacy. The president of the US at the time, Abraham Lincoln, did not want to accept that the Union was dividing so he called this separation from the Union illegal rebellion against the government. The Confederates were often referred to as the insurgents.