Confederate States

Here is a history lesson/question.

Since, if you look up a list of the Confederate Sates of America, you will find 11 states listed - South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Florida, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina - why are there 13 stars in the
Confederate flag?

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hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

The point always much more a case of self determination or large central government. Canada is considered a Confederation which means the provinces are actually the senior level of government while the national government is a creation of the provinces. This has changed over the years with more and more power accruing to the federal government and lost to the provincial governments. However the confederate states wanted the US to resemble what Canada originally looked like and the federalists wanted to control the states.