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The principal cause of the Confederate States of America was its desire to maintain its independence as a separate political entity apart from the Northern states or United States. Intially, secession from the US was prompted by differing beliefs in regards to tariffs or taxes on imported goods and the expansion of slavery in the western territories, however, the military invasion of the seceded states by the US prompted four more states to secede and join the Confederacy.

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