As the eighteenth century went on, it became more and more difficult, however, "to support a family on farming alone," and many had to resort to working in factories or shops as well as owning a small farm to earn enough to afford the family's basic needs.8 It was a well known fact that "relationships within native American families, clans, and tribes were far more supportive than were the frequently adversarial activities of landed families and nation-states in Europe."9 The native Americans of the North, also known as the Amerindians, held women much higher on the social ladder than d...

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