Not hardly Cincy the War of Northern Aggression was fought for the same reason the Revolutionary War was fought.
TAXES, TAXES AND MORE TAXES
People in the south were over burdened with taxes.
It was Lincolns War over loss of tax revenue and tariffs when southern states seceded so he sent ships to blockade Charleston before the war started. The south knew they were coming so they fired on Ft. Sumter to take control of it in an attempt to prevent the blockade.
So Lincoln got his war and winners write history so they blamed it on the south.
It's surprising how little people know about history today.
SNIP:
How Taxes Caused the Civil War (Not Slavery!)
Taxes caused the Civil War: Although I’m no scholar of American history, there are a few seminole events that I’ve always felt confident in having a basic understanding of. One of those is the cause of the Civil War, which was
slavery, of course. But then, I did some research, and I had to rethink everything.
It seems that the root
cause of the Civil War was not slavery, it was taxation. Over a century before anyone had even coined the term,
“fake news,” our own government put a spin on the real cause of the Civil War which has been the accepted truth in history books and media to this day. Here’s how
taxes caused the Civil War.
The cause of the Civil War dates back to long before the first shots were fired by the South at Fort Sumter, South Carolina in 1861. In fact, economic disputes between the North and South existed even before the Revolutionary War
(also fought over taxes!), and things got even worse with the
Tariff of 1828.
Called the, “Black Tariff” or “Tariff of Abomination,”
(meaning, “the most evil thing ever,”) the tariff was created to repay the national debt
(who does that?!) after the War of 1812. However, by 1832 the national debt was paid and there was no reason for such high taxes. However, the tariff had created a favorable situation for the North, who benefited greatly from such high taxes.
The South produced and exported most of the goods in America, and under the tariff, that resulted in
the South paying about 75% of all taxes in America. The tariff also prevented them from buying European imports because after taxes were collected they were too costly. This meant that the South’s only option was to buy from the North.
It seemed that either way the South’s money was ending up in the North, and Southerners resented the arrangement. President Andrew Jackson was able to reduce some of the taxes on the South in the
Great Compromise of 1833, but the same year the
Force Bill was passed that allowed the government to collect federal tariffs from states by any means necessary, including by force. The seeds of the Civil War had been sown.
How Taxes Ignited the Civil War
“The Northern onslaught upon slavery was no more than a piece of specious humbug designed to conceal its desire for economic control of the Southern states.” – Charles Dickens
As you can see, in early 1861 the institution of slavery was secure in America, and Abolitionists were still largely a far-left group of “crazy liberals,” so why go to war? Well,
taxes of course. Just before Lincoln took office departing president Buchanan signed a tariff even worse than the Tariff of abomination of 1832.
The new tax in 1861 was called, the
Morrill Tariff, and was the highest tariff in American history,
taxing imports at over 45%, with iron products taxed at 50%! Victorious Republicans cheered the heavy taxes that benefitted the Northern industrialists who backed Lincoln.
In Lincoln’s inaugural address he made no mention of ending slavery, but did promise to collect high taxes on imports in the South under all circumstances and without exception.
https://www.mightytaxes.com/taxes-caused-civil-war/
