The states suceded because the Federal Government imposed tariffs on Southern Ports to produce 70 million in taxes, and the entire federal government budget at the time was 80 million dollars....what if you had to pay 86% of your income to the federal government....and that's even if you have an income that's sustainable....
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actually, the fall did start with the civil war when Lincoln decided that the South should pay almost 90% of the expenses of the country, while the industrialized NORTH went pretty much tax free.....isn't this what the Revolutionary War was fought over, Taxation without Representation????