How the British Caused the American Civil War Britain's Scheme to Partition and Recolonize America in the 1860s Richard Poe Dec 30, 2021
SUMMARY: Great Britain was the true instigator of the Southern rebellion. Following the American Revolution, the British managed to reestablish a colonial economy over the South, whereby Southern states sold 70 percent of their cotton exports to England, while purchasing British manufactured goods in return. The North sought to replace England as the South’s leading trade partner, by imposing tariffs on foreign trade, but the British fought back. British agents stirred up secession in the South, while British statesmen promised diplomatic and military support to rebel leaders. The British plan was to carve up the United States into spheres of influence, to be divided among European powers. They were thwarted only by the intervention of the Russian Tsar, Alexander II, who sent two fleets in 1863, one to New York and the other to San Francisco, warning the British against any attempt to break the Union naval blockade, as they had planned to do. Once widely known to Americans, these facts have been wiped from our history books. — RICHARD POE
"I AM the last president of the United States,” said James Buchanan on December 20, 1860. South Carolina had just seceded from the Union. Ten more states would follow. Had Buchanan remained in office, there is no question he would have let the South go. The United States would have ceased to exist 160 years ago.