The South lost.
Virginia lost. There was no reason for a British style aristocracy to be set up in the United States.
Overall the United States lost because the federal government became more powerful than the States.
It has continued to get worse.
Democracy is a lie and a fraud when Yankees tell people across the country that states do not have the right to determine their own laws.
If NY wants to let fags get married that is their own right but don't force gay marriage on Texas.