Yes because national crises causes stress and people to sway their opinion.
Plymouth had much better living conditions because it could focus on agriculture and growth instead of hunting and whaling and similar things. People in Plymouth were much safer and their lives were easier. Also, Plymouth became important later for the ideas of abolitionists making it important for the civil war as an idea in the long run.
After Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election, the <span>South Carolina seceded from the Union fearing Lincoln’s views on slavery.
Abraham lincoln has always been the most prominent voice of anti-slavery at that period. Due to the fear of lincoln's new regulations on the economic output of their plantations, south caroline decided to secede the union.</span>
