http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/reasons.html#South%20Carolina
Game, Set, and Match.
There were 5 main reasons of the war. Go to this site:
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/civilwarmenu/a/cause_civil_war.htm
No, it was all about states' rights ... the right to maintain slavery.
You must be some kind of truth freak.
1. The basic nature of the U.S. government and its relationship with state governments, with either a powerful central government or a loose confederation of state governments as the model.
2. The process and organization of the settlement of the West.
3. The nature and regulatory structure of commerce in the United States over long distances between multiple states and territories -- mainly the railroads across the West and shipping along the Mississippi River system.
I found 82 occurances of the word slave (or variations like slavery) in the document you linked to.
But it wasn’t about slavery, no sirree, definitely not.
Interesting link. Every single declaration of secession by the Confederate States listed Slavery as a main or contributing reason.
Thanks For The History Lesson!