It influenced them because the colonists were closer to their home. the loyalists were far from their home
Deal or no deal................
Answer:
1) 7 states had seceded from the U.S. and would eventually form the Confederate States of America, electing their own president and estsblishing their own military.
2) President Lincoln sent thousands of troops to stop the Confederate forces, causing 4 more states to secede from the Union
It was origanally called Middle Plantation