The north would either surrender or negotiate a peace agreement that let the confederacy be independent
<span>social characteristics of the Latin American colonies, such as the complex interactions between the various peoples in the colonies and the stratified class system; economic characteristics such as the removal of natural resources, the encomienda and mita systems, and trade with Europe; political characteristics such as government by viceroys and the powerful influence of the Catholic Church and the activities of its missionaries.</span>
According to other social contract theorists, when the government fails to secure their natural rights or satisfy the best interests of society<span>, citizens can withdraw their obligation to obey, or change the leadership through elections.</span>
