John Calvin was a reformed based in Switzerland that believed in Martin Luther's ideas about faith and salvation. He was both a pastor and a theologian.
If you’re talking about the United States, the first president was George Washington.
<span>When South Carolina seceded
from the Union in 1860, the main justification of secession was that
southerners believed secession was the only way they could preserve
their institution of slavery. Not all southerners supported
secession, however, but those who did argued that because the southern
states were a part of the Union, their rights should be respected by the
federal government.</span>
