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Indigenous institutions influenced the development of colonial institutions in the Americas. Colonists were more likely to imitate existing hierarchical indigenous governance structures when settling territories with high-ranking indigenous leaders and natural resource potential. However, in areas with less hierarchical indigenous institutions but natural resource promise, colonists established new hierarchical labor institutions to profit from resources. When indigenous institutions were less hierarchical

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LesLey Gaming

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