Just as Alaska should be able to leave the Union so they can drill for their oil, the south wanted to be able to ship their raw goods overseas without over taxation forced on them by people outside their states.
I am just waiting for the huge city states of our nation to force the midwest to supply them free chickens, cattle and grain. It is coming. They are the majority.
A rebellion is defined as "open, armed, and usually unsuccessful defiance of or resistance to an established government." That's an accurate description of the southern actions.
Just as Alaska should be able to leave the Union so they can drill for their oil, the south wanted to be able to ship their raw goods overseas without over taxation forced on them by people outside their states.
The south could, and did ship their goods overseas without their being taxed. Taxes were placed in imports, and most of those seem to have been consumed by the non-Southern states. Which is to be expected since most of the population lived in the non-Southern states.