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A secession attempt might be violent or peaceful, but the goal is the creation of a new state or entity independent of the group or territory from which it seceded. [2] Threats of secession can be a strategy for achieving more limited goals. [3] Notable examples of secession, and secession attempts, include:
A New Hampshire man holds a sign advocating for secession during the 2012 presidential election. In the context of the United States, secession primarily refers to the voluntary withdrawal of one or more states from the Union that constitutes the United States; but may loosely refer to leaving a state or territory to form a separate territory or new state, or to the severing of an area from a ...
The act of cession is the assignment of property to another entity. In international law it commonly refers to land transferred by treaty.Ballentine's Law Dictionary defines cession as "a surrender; a giving up; a relinquishment of jurisdiction by a board in favor of another agency."
Political party (or parties): for political parties involved in a political system to push for autonomy or secession. Militant organisation(s): for armed organisations. Advocacy group(s): for non-belligerent, non-politically participatory entities. Ethnic / ethnoreligious / racial / regional / religious group(s).
By December 1860 secession was being publicly debated throughout Virginia. Leading eastern spokesmen called for secession, while westerners warned they would not be legislated into treason. A statewide convention first met on February 13; after the attack on Fort Sumter and Lincoln's call to arms, it voted for secession on April 17, 1861.
For example, for homeowners otherwise inclined to leave a city, deannexation provides the benefits of avoiding the expense of relocation and increased commuting times. [28] For this reason, white residents of school districts with increasing African American enrollment sometimes pursue deannexation from the school district as an alternative to ...
“If we separate from that, the people in Chicago can get what they want and the people in southern Illinois can have a community that more accurately represents us.”
The U.S. Constitution does not specifically address the secession of states, and the issue was a topic of debate after the American Revolutionary War until the Civil War, when the Supreme Court ruled in Texas v. White that states strictly cannot unilaterally secede except through revolution or the expressed consent of the other states. [3]