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Of course it was "illegal", just like every other secession that ever took place in history probably violated some type of basic constitutional law of the original union. That's why armies exist and why wars are fought. At the end of the day what defines a nation's borders is how well the people behind it can defend it and whether or not other nations are willing to recognize it. Technically the Brits don't have to recognize the US if they didn't want to, and if they wanted to go to war they are free to try, but obviously that's not going to be a smart move. In fact we have examples like Kosovo today where some nations recognize it, and some don't, despite attempts of secession from Serbia violating the country's laws.
But really who gives a shit? At the end of the day what happened was a good thing as it laid down the framework of what became the greatest nation ever and an example for other nations to follow. The big question here is why and how Americans slowly but surely gave up everything their forefathers fought for? The America now is not even a shell of its former self. "Just what did Thomas Jefferson think he was doing?" the writer asks in the actual link to the article... well all I know is if the "leaders" of the nation after him thought more like him I'm sure we wouldn't be seeing the types of problems we're seeing today.
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