It was a way for the sharecroppers to make some money, but they are always underpaid, and don't make enough to buy what they need, and only just barely scrape by. This makes the job as a sharecropper seem like their only choice.
The Last of the Mohicans is set in 1757, during the French and Indian War (the Seven Years' War), when France and Great Britain battled for control of North America
A Senator's term of office is six years and approximately one-third of the total membership of the Senate is elected every two years.
