It was exactly that. Only Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation prevented Britain from granting recognition to the Confederacy - it would have made them look pro-slavery themselves.
I'm not sure of any specific ways that France helped the Confederacy. However, many European countries continued to do business with the Confederate States because they wanted to purchase the cotton from them.
Value of a bale of cotton
The ones fighting for the South - the cotton-growing slave-states.
we stillgot cotton i guess lol :)
The term of "king cotton" was in use during the US Civil War. The Confederate government tried to use its leverage with European countries to become a recognized nation through the sales of cotton. In particular with Great Britain, because the textile mills in Great Britain were dependent on the cotton they purchased from Southern cotton plantation owners. The Confederates argued that the Union's blockades of Southern ports was preventing cotton to be shipped to England. They made the case that formal recognition of their Confederate government would help in lifting the blockade. This was a veiled attempt to have the navy of Great Britain assist the South by breaking Union ships port blockades.
I'm not sure of any specific ways that France helped the Confederacy. However, many European countries continued to do business with the Confederate States because they wanted to purchase the cotton from them.
Im guessing cotton since the south was famous for cotton
Cotton
Value of a bale of cotton
Value of a bale of cotton
The European countries, especially Great Britain, found other places to get their cotton. Britain had colonies, such as India and Egypt, that gave them cotton at a cheaper price. The European countries also depended on the Union for wheat shipments. The Union threatened to cut off wheat shipments to Britain if it bought Confederate cotton and sold it arms in return. The lack of grain would lead to food shortages and internal unrest for the governments. There was too much risk involved in continuing to buy the cotton shipments from the Confederacy because grain was more important.
The greatest resource was cotton. During the civil war, the South traded cotton for guns and other supplies. The South also withheld cotton shipments to Britain to convince them to help them fight in the Civil War. This was called the Cotton Diplomacy.
The sea that will disappear if continued to be used for cotton irrigation is the Aral Sea. This is on account of the fact that they divert the rivers in order to perform the cotton irrigation and this causes no water to be able to reach the Aral Sea.
King Cotton diplomacy.
cotton crops
the Union's effective naval blockade on cotton exports
Many people in the Confederacy expected certain European nations to recognize its new government. The main reason was that the South was a main source of cotton for England as example. At various times during the US Civil War, England came close to recognizing the Confederacy as an independent nation. As it turned out, Confederate battle losses combined with its institution of slavery caused them to defer on official recognition. With that said, the French and British continued to trade with the South. What Confederate leaders failed to take into consideration was that some Europeans were less inclined to offer official recognition to the South because they did not wish to be seen as victims of Southern extortion. This pertained to a minority of European leaders.