Why did the Confederate Southerners try to break through the Union blockade? What were they trying to do?

They were trying to regain there trade with western powers

Explanation:

The sountern states were tradeing with european powers, the union establshed a blockaid to stop any cotten exports to lower there treasury. The blockaid also helped in another way by blocking any smuggleing of supplies from the western powers.

john locke is most associated with the idea of consent of the governed which is the idea that the government is only valid if it has the consent of the people who are being governed.

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