National Divorce—Or State Divorce? Immigration Has Made One The Other Inevitable
Secession, successful and unsuccessful, has a long history in the U.S. The U.S. itself, after all, separated from Great Britain.
Vermont separated from New Hampshire, New York and Quebec, Maine separated from Massachusetts, and the Republic of Texas separated from Mexico and joined the United States on terms that arguably allowed Texas to divide itself into five smaller states looking something like this: