She did not want to see a revolution in the roles of men and women, but wanted a legal system under which women could find maximum fulfillment in their roles as wives and mothers. She thought no one could be trusted with "unlimited powers." John treated her proposal as a joke and said it would only cause her embarrassment. She never advocated that women vote or hold office. She wanted women to have an active voice in their lives. .
Women in the 18th century were not the only ones struggling for their rights. In the 19th century, Native-Americans had to fight for their power, rights, and land. After the Revolution, there was intense pressure to acquire Indian land. Debt-ridden states and the federal government were eager to sell public land to pay off war debts. The land was agricultural acreage with waterways, mill sites, harbors and so forth. Under the theory that the United States had conquered the Indians in the Revolutionary War and, therefore, already held titles to the land, the U.S. commissioners "gave" peace to the Iroquois and the Indians of Ohio. In return, the Indians promised that their tribes would vacate much of their land north of the Ohio River and restrict themselves to reservations within the area ceded. The response to the decisions made by the Ohio tribes was outrage. The treaties were denounced as fraudulent and invalid. Ugly warfare developed between frontiersmen and warriors. .
Wallace tells us that Native-Americans were viewed as "untutored natural men, possessed of reason and capable of learning both the best and worst habits of civilized Europeans." The Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole, and Chickasaw tribes of the SouthEast were considered the "civilized" ones. From the beginning of the French and Indian war to the end of the Creek War, many white families had lost members to raids and battles on the frontier. It did not matter who had inflicted greater casualties on Native-Americans; the Indians were still regarded as a menace and enemy.
