Secession: Should the American Revolutionaries Have Quit to Appease the Loyalists?

Tags: Politics, Secession, U.S. History

03/03/2023 Ryan McMaken

Opponents of secession say secession is wrong if some people in the population don’t want it and say they will be worse off. The American revolutionaries disagreed and seceded anyway.

Original Article: “Secession: Should the American Revolutionaries Have Quit to Appease the Loyalists?”

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