Articles of secession

Articles of secession were official documents. When former Jedi Master Dooku gave the Raxus AddressRise of the Separatists in 24 BBYRise of the Separatists places the Raxus Address two years before the First Battle of Geonosis, dated to 22 BBY by Star Wars: Timelines. to denounce the Galactic Republic, beginning the Separatist Crisis, many Rim planets were inspired to leave the Republic. They tendered formal articles of secession and defected to Dooku's Confederacy of Independent Systems. On one occassion, shortly after the Clone Wars started, Senator Esu Rotsino proclaimed an article of secession and led the entire Abrion sector in leaving for the Separatists.
==Sources==
*Rise of the Separatists 
==Notes and references==
Category:Confederacy of Independent Systems
Category:Separatist Crisis