Each state and the Territory ratified its own ordinance of secession, typically by means of a special convention delegation or by a general referendum.

That all rights acquired and vested under the Constitution of the United States, or under any act of Congress passed, or treaty made, in pursuance thereof, or under any law of this State, and not incompatible with this ordinance, shall remain in force and have the same effect as if this ordinance had not been passed. Sec. The ordinances of secession were the actual legal language by which the seceded states severed their connection with the Federal Union. Territorial secession conventions were called at Mesilla and Tucson in March 1861 that adopted an ordinance of secession, established a Provisional Confederate Territory of Arizona with Owings as its governor, and petitioned the Confederate Congress for admission. Secession summary: the secession of Southern States led to the establishment of the Confederacy and ultimately the Civil War.

The ordinances of secession were the actual legal language by which the seceded states severed their connection with the Federal Union. It was the most serious secession movement in the United States and was defeated when the Union armies defeated the Confederate armies in the Civil War, 1861-65. *March 23, 1861. The declarations of causes, given elsewhere on this Web site, are where they tended to disclose their reasons for doing so, although only four states issued separate declarations of causes. Mesilla Secession Conv. The Ordinance of Secession is the general name given to documents drafted and ratified in 1860 and 1861 by which each of the thirteen southern states and the Arizona Territory formally declared their secession from the United States of America.wikipedia. 3. 4. SECESSION OF CONFEDERATE STATES AND TERRITORIES State or Territory Ordinance Passed (*Interim Periods) Admitted to Confederacy Alabama January 11, 1861 February 4, 1861.

Montgomery Convention Arizona Territory April 3, 1860. Provisional Government *March 16, 1861. The Ordinance of Secession is the general name given to documents drafted and ratified in 1860 and 1861 by each of the thirteen southern states and the Territory of Arizona formally seceding from the United States of America. An Ordinance of Secession is the name given to multiple resolutions drafted and ratified in 1860 and 1861, at the beginning of the Civil War, by which each seceding Southern state or territory formally declared secession from the United States of America.South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, and Texas also issued separate documents explaining their reasons for secession. Ordinances of Secession.

Sec. The declarations of causes, given elsewhere on this Web site, are where they tended to disclose their reasons for doing so, although only four states issued separate declarations of causes.