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 wanted to form their own country. (They wanted to secede from the United States of America and form their own Confederate States of America).
The Civil War was fought because a group of states in the southern US wanted to split away and form a new nation that would be run the way they wanted. The 11 Southern states the broke away (or seceded) were known as the Confederate States. The Union were the remaining states within the United States that fought to keep the southern states as part of the country.
John Brown tried. Eleven southern states did form a separate country.
Prior to the Civil War, southern states seceded to form their own country; the Confederate States of America.
they wanted their country to be free of slavery The real issue was whether the southern states had the right to separate from the United States and form their own country. Apparently, they didn't.
In 1861, the southern delegates form the confederate states of America.
Secession. The civil war was caused by the secesion of the Southern states.
There were several reasons for the states to form a single country. Firstly, the states wanted a centralized government to address issues like defense, foreign relations, and interstate trade. Secondly, the states wanted to establish a unified identity and promote national unity. Lastly, a single country would provide a stronger and more cohesive presence on the world stage, enabling the states to compete with other global powers.
The southern US states form the Confederate States of America
The southern states formed a confederation and split from the union to show their discontent with the slave policies. They wanted to keep slaves and the northerners wanted the emancipation of slaves without compensation (which would result in a major loss for the economy of the south).
Confederation
Essentially a large portion of the country wanted to pass a bill (main part was ending slavery, and taxes on slaves) while the south thought that it was imposing on their rights to pass the bill as a country, rather then on a state by state basis. So they tried to split from the rest of the country because of this disagreement.