Native American Subsistence Economy

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Meanwhile, Europeans were driven by capitalism. Native Americans were driven by the subsistence economy. Native Americans relied on natural resources to provide their basic need, through hunting and gathering. They did not utilize natural resources as much as Europeans because they believe that the resources in New England are there to sustain them. They have their own territories where they conserved nature resources on their land. Thus, they do not focus on money or practice land ownership because they believed that the land belongs to everyone.
The Native American had a lifestyle where they lived off the land the resource provided them. “Indian communities had learned to exploit the seasonal diversity of their environment by practicing

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