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.
Wanted to unite all of South America into a single nation--> Simon Bolivar
Led a large group of American Indians and Mestizos against the Spanish--> Padre Miguel Hidalgo
Defeated Napoleons army to win independence from France--> Toussaint L'Ouverture
Supported Brazil's independence after Portugal was invaded by France--> Dom Pedro
These leaders were responsible for gaining the independence of their countries and/or regions from European colonial leaders. Bolivar liberated South America from Spain and Hidalgo did so for Mexico as well. L'Ourverture led the revolution in Haiti against the French. Pedro supported the only bloodless revolution in Brazil from the Portuguese. All of these movements occurred in the early 1800's which almost entirely ended 300 years of colonization in the Americas
Defend until the North gave up--essentially the South believed they had more conviction than the North and that would win out.
The South had an idea to fight for and believed they could survive on their own. The South relied on their ports and did not have as many supplies as the North but they had something to fight for. The North lacked morale and a mission. It was also believed by some that the South had the right to leave and the North had no right to stop them through military action.
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