1. Introduction
Southeastern nations that included Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and many other native nations
were very conservative; but they ended up changing the system of their society through the influence of
multidimensional colonial relations. The U.S. Hegemonic period (1820- 1871) had critical impacts on the
transformation of southeastern nations in terms of politics, economy, and cu
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1. Introduction
Southeastern nations that included Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and many other native nations
were very conservative; but they ended up changing the system of their society through the influence of
multidimensional colonial relations. The U.S. Hegemonic period (1820- 1871) had critical impacts on the
transformation of southeastern nations in terms of politics, economy, and cultures. There are three aspects of
the multidimensional theory that explain the forms of institutional change found in Southeastern nations that
is, geopolitics, trans-societal economy, and cultural exchange. Each aspect conveys limited description about
the changes of Southeastern nations; however, three aspects as a whole provide a powerful explanation about
class, nationalism, constitutional governments, multi-cultures, and class structures.
2. Markets
Regarding trans-societal market, fur trade and cotton production had tremendous impacts on the
market system of indigenous societies. Considering the aspect of markets, it explains the formation of class
structure and capitalism in Native Nations. From the early 1800s, people were engaged in the fur trade and
cotton production which made indigenous societies accept American capitalism under the newly established
constitutional government. Under the new centralized Ahn 2 government, people were protected by having
accumulative interests by the law. Before they accept the change, cotton was not produced for the purpose of
trading.However, after the War of 1812, many mix-blood families who have participated in fur trade for a
long time moved to producing cotton for market. Moreover, they engaged in slave trade, organized
plantations, and produced goods for the market (Champagne 2007: 153). Native Americans accepted class
and capitalism.
For example, after the weakening of the fur trade in the South in the first spans of the 1800s, mixedblood Indian people of the South turned to the production of cotton. Cotton demand was increasing because
of the Industrial Revolution in Britain that occurred in the early nineteenth century. Soon with the
recommencement of trade after the War of 1812, mixed-blood families converted their slaves and territories
into plantations which made the families wealthy and live as if they were the American southern plantation
class (Champagne 2007: 51)
With the rise of the cotton market, some people became capitalists following capital values. Even
though the process of cotton market development is limited to provide a full explanation for the class
structure and capitalism, it is a very important and necessary condition for the development of the southern
nations. The cotton market provided an opportunity to follow the capital values which enabled Native
Americans to have their personal accumulative interests which created the gap between the rich and the
poor. The gap was eventually settled as the class which also conveys to the constitutional order.
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