We didn’t secede from the British - we rebelled against their rule. You’re not stupid, why do you persist in acting like you are?
It must be because I am arguing with you, and it just appears stupid because you are a moron that thinks there is a difference between "rebelling" and "seceeding."
You DESPERATELY want what the Founders did to be right and proper, but you also DESPERATELY want what the Confederates did to be loathsome and wrong, though they did exactly the same thing as the Founders. You have a cognitive disconnect, and as a result I do not think it is worthwhile to bother arguing with you.