The Confederate States of America.(C.S.A)
The southern states that seceded from the Union formed a new government called the Confederate States of America (CSA) in 1861. The first and only president of the Confederacy was Jefferson Davis, who served from 1861 to 1865. The Confederate government aimed to establish an independent nation based on states' rights and the preservation of slavery.
A depleted version of the normal US Government, with all the Southern states absent. They had formed their own Confederate States of America.
In 1861, eleven southern states seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America. This action was primarily driven by disputes over states' rights and the institution of slavery. The Confederate States aimed to establish an independent nation separate from the United States, leading to the outbreak of the Civil War.
On March 3, 1861 - the day Lincoln was inaugurated, 7 states seceded from the Union # South Carolina # Mississippi # Florida # Alabama # Georgia # Louisiana # Texas Eleven states in all seceded during the course of the Civil War # Arkansas # Virginia # Tennessee # North Carolina
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. The president at the time, Abe Lincon, did not want to accept that the Union was dividing so he called this separation from the Union illegal rebellion against the government. As Lincon sided with the Union-later known to be federals- this separation is what formed the two sides of the American Civil War.
The Confederate States of America was formed in February 1861 by seven states which had seceded from the Union.
Confederate States of America
They formed the C.S.A. Or the Confederate States of America.
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.
Confederate States of America
Eleven southern states declared their secession and formed the Confederacy.
They seceded from the union and formed their own confederation of states.
The Southern states seceded from December of 1860 to April of 1861.
The delegates from the southern states that seceded from the Union in 1861 formed a new nation called the Confederate States of America (CSA). This new government was established in response to tensions over states' rights and slavery, and it operated under its own Constitution until the defeat of the Confederacy in 1865.
The Confederate States Of America was formed by eleven states that seceded from the United States.
The upper southern states seceded when Lincoln was elected president of the United States.
The Southern states formed their own country when they seceded from the United States. Their country became known as the Confederate States of America.