The Mayflower Compact is often cited as one of the foundations of the US Constitution. The Pilgrims in England received a land patent from the Virginia Company and created their own joint-stock company for the enterprise.
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The second group of southern states seceded after the attack at Fort Sumter. Four additional states left at this time. These states left because they had concerns about what would happen to slavery now that the fighting had begun. They waited until the Civil War began before leaving the Union.’!!!!!!!!!!
