Secession facts for kids

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

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.

Images for kids

  • Grenspost

    Northern Cyprus

  • East Timor Demo

    September 1999 demonstration for independence from Indonesia

  • Gran Colombia map 1824

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

  • Mexico's Territorial Evolution

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

  • Mural, Falls Road, Belfast (7) - geograph.org.uk - 802538

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

  • 2014-05-11. Референдум в Донецке 014

    Donetsk status referendum organized by pro-Russian separatists. A line to enter a polling place, 11 May 2014

  • Easter 1916

    A mural in Belfast depicting the Easter Rising of 1916

  • A destroyed T-34-85 tank in Karlovac, Croatia

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


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