Secession facts for kids

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Secession usually means when part of one country breaks away, or leaves that country to start a new country. During the American Civil War, eleven southern states declared their secession (independence) from the United States.

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    U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Hashim Thaçi with Declaration of Independence of Kosovo

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    September 1999 demonstration for independence from Indonesia

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    Map showing the shrinking territory of Gran Colombia from 1824 to 1890 (red line). Panama separated from Colombia in 1903.

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    The Territorial evolution of Mexico after independence, noting losses to the US (red, white and orange) and the secession of Central America (purple)

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    A republican mural in Belfast showing solidarity with the Basque nationalism.

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    A mural in Belfast depicting the Easter Rising of 1916

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    A destroyed T-34-85 tank in Karlovac, Croatian War of Independence, 1992


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