The Quakers opposed slavery
Some examples of this were the Fugitive Slave Act, Preston Brooks's attack on Charles Sumner, and the Dred Scott decision (the part of it which said that African Americans could never be citizens). None of these events tangibly hurt the North or the South.
<span>As a result of the Intolerable Acts, the colonists became very angry. This is because the purpose of the acts were to punish the colonists for their actions regarding the Boston Tea Party. Eventually, this caused the American Revolution.</span>
The Confederate States of America fought in the Civil War for the final goal of gaining independence from the Union. Similar to the American war for independence from Britain, the CSA sought to become a sovereign nation with the ability to pass its own laws, most of which applied to the institution of slavery.
