Honestly if just having a referendum on secession is all it takes to break away from Great Britain, then that gives me hope that the Red States can break away from the USSA.
When the Southern States tried this all Hell broke loose. Can’t the Brits just tell Scotland that they won’t recognize their independence and then flood the country with Lobster Backs like they did in 1775?
I wonder what would have happened if we hadn’t fired on Fort Sumter. If we had just surrounded all federal installations, letting supplies in but not letting them out unless they were going home. What would have been the justification for attacking the South? I’m sure they would have found something, but I wonder.