This excerpt about medieval Christianity is specifically describing the nature of . . . . . . Extended over a whole town or dioc
ese or district or country, and involved the innocent with the guilty. It was a suspension of religion in public exercise, including even the rites of marriage and burial
An interdict is a term that refers to an ecclesiastical censorship that used to happen in medieval Christianity. This type of censorship caused a person, or a group of people, to be prevented from participating in the religious rituals and services that the church could offer. This prohibition could be temporary or permanent. The text shown in the question above is an example of a ban because it shows a "... suspension of religion in public exercise, including even the rites of marriage and burial."
Slate is much more commonly found in wet areas, especially around rivers in the United States, so it wouldn't be very available to Natives who were more inland.
The people who engaged in the political revolution wanted war because they thought war would unify the country. The had a desire to spread ideas of the Revolution to all of Europe.