- Confederate States of America - Wikipedia
No foreign government ever recognized the Confederacy The U S government, under President James Buchanan, refused to relinquish its forts in territory claimed by the Confederacy The war began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate forces bombarded the Union's Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina
- Confederate States of America - Encyclopedia Britannica
Confederate States of America, the government of 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union in 1860–61, following the election of Abraham Lincoln as U S president, prompting the American Civil War (1861–65) The Confederacy acted as a separate government until defeated in the spring of 1865
- Confederacy - HistoryNet
Non-states affiliated with the Confederacy were the Confederate Territory of Arizona and members of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory (Oklahoma) Once Virginia joined the Confederacy, the national government was transferred to the city of Richmond there
- CONFEDERACY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of CONFEDERACY is a group of people, countries, organizations, etc joined together for a common purpose or by a common interest : league, alliance; also : a group of people working together for unlawful purposes : conspiracy
- States meet to form Confederacy | February 4, 1861 | HISTORY
Within two months, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina and Tennessee had all joined the embattled Confederacy
- What Is a Confederacy? Definition and Core Principles
A confederacy represents a political organization where independent states or entities unite for specific common objectives This type of union involves an agreement among its members to cooperate on certain matters while largely preserving their individual autonomy
- Creation of the Confederacy | United States History I
In the eyes of the Confederacy, their actions to create a new government were in line with the social contract theory of government that had influenced the founders of the American Republic The new nation formed by these states would not be a federal union, but a confederation
- Confederacy - AP® History Definition
What is a confederacy? In College Board AP US History, the Confederacy, or Confederate States of America (CSA), was a group of eleven Southern states that seceded from the union, leading to the American Civil War
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