The Confederate States of America (CSA or C.S.), commonly referred to as the Confederacy, was an unrecognized republic[1] in North America that existed from 1861 to 1865.[2] The Confederacy was originally formed by seven secessionist slave-holding states—South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas—in the Lower South region of the United States, whose economy was heavily dependent upon agriculture, particularly cotton, and a plantation system that relied upon the labor of African-American slaves.[3] Convinced that white supremacy[2][4]and the institution of slavery[2][4] were threatened by the November 1860 election of Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln to the U.S. presidency on a platform which opposed the expansion of slavery into the western territories, the Confederacy declared its secession in rebellion against the United States, with the loyal states becoming known as the Union during the ensuing American Civil War. Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens described its ideology as being centrally based "upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition
The immigrants who came to the United States of America between the years 1820 and 1860 changed the character of the country because they brought with them their own culture and values. This started mixing with the already present culture and values and gave birth to a new character to the country. Among the immigrants were several Irish and German people.
The FrenchRevolution was influenced by the enlightenment ideals of "natural law" and freedom. These ideals were also shown in the Declaration of the Rights of Man.
