One form of resistance was slowing down the picking of cotton. Slaves would intentionally go slower so that they could have an easier time in the fields. This was combatted by the Southern Plantation owners after a while by whipping the slaves severely during their first picks and then mandating that they had to pick at least as much cotton every time after.
Another form of resistance was to run away. The Underground Railroad helped thousands of slaves escape to the north and to freedom.
To be honest. This is why the civil war happened. Some people may have lived in the free states, but Most people fought for their beliefs. Hope I helped.
Homestead Act accelerated the settlement of the western territory by granting adult heads of families 160 acres of surveyed public land for a minimal filing fee and 5 years of continuous residence on that land.
The answer to this question is Puerto Rico.
<span>Spain lost many of its colonies and retained Florida, Cuba,
and Puerto Rico that made the Spanish empire the largest empire in the world.
Spain established these colonies to make most of the countries to be converted
to the religion of Christianity and to conquest and to extract gold.</span>
A weak central government with most power at the state and local levels.
