The major issue dividing the North and South in the 1800s was slavery. the North thought slaves should be free and have the same rights as everyone else, but the South thought the complete opposite.
Wars, famine, natural disasters, etc..
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I do not know this so sorry
The son's of liberty was a secret society who opposed the stamp act and wanted to protect rights of the colonists. After the French and Indian War the British taxed the colonists but they felt that it violated their rights as citizens. "No taxation without representation" I don't know who funded them.. sorry.
