The irony is that both the Union and Confederate regions of the U.S. were pretty consistent in their attitudes towards state sovereignty even going back to the time these were British Colonies. If it weren’t for the strength and success of the colonial military campaigns in the Southern colonies there never would have been a United States of America to begin with. Much of what later became the dominant centers of the Union remained in British hands throughout the American Revolution (I’ll cite Boston and New York City as two perfect examples), and the fact that the Northeast has historically been one of the most radically leftist parts of the U.S. for generations would lead me to believe that the people in those places would have been perfectly content to remain under British rule.
I seem to recall that there was a fair amount of fighting up North as well.
(I’ll cite Boston and New York City as two perfect examples)
You might want to cite at least one other one. The British evacuated Boston in March of 1776 and never returned.
...and the fact that the Northeast has historically been one of the most radically leftist parts of the U.S. for generations would lead me to believe that the people in those places would have been perfectly content to remain under British rule.
Yes, well if not for men like Sam Adams, John Adams, John Hancock, and Benjamin Franlin the South might well still be under British rule.