The peasants in china revolted because they became tired of how they were being treated by the landowners.
I would most possibly do the same thing, or take the south back to US as brothers, but I might also add a little punishment. The punishment would be limited import for a period of years (1, or 5). I would also not allow them to vote or participate in any political meeting, congressional decisions, etc.
Hope this helps, you might have a different opinion however, but as I think, it would be better to punish them for
1. Not obeying the rules (still having slavery)
2. Electing a secondary president.
3. Helping the war happen.
4. Trying to become independent from the rest of US.
<span>The Internal Revenue Code is the highest statutory basis of federal tax law in the United States.
Early settlers had no representation in parliament in Britain, so no one could stop Britain from increasing taxes and laws they found unfair.</span>
England was looking at the settlement of colonies as a way of fulfilling its desire to sell more goods and resources to other countries than it bought. ... At the same time, colonies could be markets for England's manufactured goods. England knew that establishing colonies was an expensive and risky business.
The main impact of the invention of the cotton gin in 1793 was on the ability to process short-staple cotton.
