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Why were people in the western counties of Virginia against secession?
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The western countries of Virginia that refused to secede from the union became which state?
Virginia now became west Virginia and Virginia
What revolt was started by farmers in three western Massachusetts counties?
The revolt is known as Shay's Rebellion, after the leader Daniel Shays. Shays and his contemporaries felt that Massachusetts should have forgiven the debt of farmers who fought for independence against the British instead of having their land seized and being thrown in debtor's prison.
The reason why the people of western Virginia formed their own government and asked to be admitted to the US as a separate state was that they?
saw their social and economic interests and concerns as being very different from those of the rest of Virginia
What were Young Southern and Western Republicans who pressed for war against Great Britain called?
War Mongers
How did George Rogers Clark defend the Western frontier?
He persuaded the governor of Virginia that he was right. Clark raised an army. He and his men captured British in the West.
What Virginia event helped the Union?
The secession of the Western Counties of Virginia from the Confederate State of Virginia.
How did civil war bring about the creation of west virginia?
The Western counties of Virginia did not approve of secession.
How did Virginia react to the secession of western counties?
With military force in a failed effort to drive out the Yankees.
Why did west virginia become its own state?
Because the mountain people in the Western counties did not think that Virginia should have seceded from the USA. So they seceded from Virginia.
Was West Virginia the first state seceded from the country?
No, that was South Carolina. West Virginia was a new state formed from the Western counties of Virginia, which had voted solidly against secession, and broke away from Virginia to join the USA in 1863.
What is West Virginia derived from?
The Western counties of Virginia, which did not approve of the secession of Virginia, and voted to break away to form a separate state, joining the Union in 1863.
How did the people of western Virginia respond to Virginia's secession?
Straight from the book : In western Virginia a movement to secede from the state and rejoin the Union grew. In 1861, 48 Virginia counties organized themselves as a separate state called West Virginia.
What state had it's boundries changed when the eastern states joined the Confederacy?
Virginia had it's boundaries change. The western counties did not agree with secession, so "seceded" from the state, forming "West Virginia".
Which virginian counties refused to sucede from the union?
The 26 Western counties of Virginia State, which, on May 13, 1861, following a decision of their Convention, assembled at Wheeling, declared themselves against the secession, asking help to the Union units standing in Ohio. Afterwards, on June 11, 1861, a local Convention, representing 34 counties, assembled at Wheeling and designated a governor.
Why was west Virginia so important to the north during the civil war?
Virginia had never been solidly pro-secession, and the Western counties in particular were against it. Also the Western counties had never been friendly to the coastal communities and the prospect of a separate state seemed attractive. When the vote went pro-Confederate, the West made plans to secede from Virginia. This made a most welcome gift to Lincoln in 1863. It was a new state of the Union, still conducting slavery, but not on a big scale.
What new states was formed at the beginning of the civil war?
The Western counties of Virginia did not approve of secession from the USA, and so they seceded from Virginia, forming their own Union state (which still practised slavery, though very little) in 1863.
Why did Virginia want to join the union?
The state of Virginia split over the issue of secession. The Virginians who lived in the western part of the state were unanimously against splitting from the union, while the rest of the state wanted secession. So strong was this belief, that the western portion of the state seceded from Virginia, and the state of West Virginia was formed.
