Sentence examples for seceded after from inspiring English sources

The Thames Yacht Club seceded after a racing dispute to become the Royal Thames Yacht Club in 1830.

Comprising what was once Oregon, Washington and Northern California, Ecotopia seceded after defeating the economically doomed United States in a Vietnam-style "helicopter war".

Confederate States of AmericaThe Confederate States of America consisted of 11 states—7 original members and 4 states that seceded after the fall of Fort Sumter.

A Mississippi native who had settled across the river in the port town of Helena, Ark., in the 1850s, Hindman served in Congress before his state seceded, after which he joined the Confederate Army.

When Kentucky didn't secede after Lincoln won, Breckenridge did: The former vice president accepted a commission as a general in the Confederate Army.

His statement followed a threat by Kurdish leaders to withdraw from the Iraqi state and possibly secede, after the United Nations Security Council resolution restoring Iraqi sovereignty failed to affirm the constitution.

Slovenia is allowed to secede after a brief war, but a six-month conflict leaves thousands dead in Croatia.

The bond market, as usual, was a little smarter, keeping borrowing costs high for Spain and Italy, the two nations most likely to secede after Greece goes.

As the Southern states started to secede after Lincoln's election to the Presidency in 1860, Hayes was lukewarm on the idea of a civil war to restore the Union.

The Challenges Confronting South Sudan, On July 9, 2011, South Sudan seceded from Sudan after having fought two civil wars (1955 72 and 1983 2005) and having engaged in years of negotiations.

After routing Georgian forces in a five-day war, Russia recognized the independence of both regions, which had effectively though not formally seceded from Georgia after violent conflicts that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.