1. THE FOUNDING INDIAN FATHERS

2. EUROPEANS COME TO AMERICA WHEN EUROPEANS ARRIVED TO AMERICA THEY KNEW LITTLE ABOUT DEMOCRACY WHEN EUROPEANS ARRIVED TO AMERICA THEY KNEW LITTLE ABOUT DEMOCRACY THE ENGLISH, SPANISH, AND FRENCH CAME FROM NATIONS RULED BY MONARCHS WHO CLAIMED THEY HAD A DIVINE-RIGHT TO RULE THE ENGLISH, SPANISH, AND FRENCH CAME FROM NATIONS RULED BY MONARCHS WHO CLAIMED THEY HAD A DIVINE-RIGHT TO RULE COLONISTS FLED EUROPE TO COME TO AMERICA BECAUSE THEY WERE OPRESSED & EXPLOITED COLONISTS FLED EUROPE TO COME TO AMERICA BECAUSE THEY WERE OPRESSED & EXPLOITED

3. EVEN THOUGH PHILOSOPHERS IN EUROPE SKETCHED IDEAL GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEMS, THE OLD WORLD OFFERED FEW DEMOCRATIC MODELS FOR GOVERNMENT. EVEN THOUGH PHILOSOPHERS IN EUROPE SKETCHED IDEAL GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEMS, THE OLD WORLD OFFERED FEW DEMOCRATIC MODELS FOR GOVERNMENT.

4. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HE WAS THE FIRST TO TAKE THE IROQUOIS SYSTEM AS A POTENTIAL MODEL FOR THE NEW GOVERNMENT HE WAS THE FIRST TO TAKE THE IROQUOIS SYSTEM AS A POTENTIAL MODEL FOR THE NEW GOVERNMENT HE BECAME ACQUAINTED WITH THE OPERATION OF INDIAN POLITICAL ORGANIZATION AND STUDIED THEIR CULTURE AND INSTITUTIONS HE BECAME ACQUAINTED WITH THE OPERATION OF INDIAN POLITICAL ORGANIZATION AND STUDIED THEIR CULTURE AND INSTITUTIONS HE ADVOCATED FOR AMERICANS TO USE THE IROQUOIS POLITICAL STRUCTURE FOR THEIR NEW GOVERNMENT HE ADVOCATED FOR AMERICANS TO USE THE IROQUOIS POLITICAL STRUCTURE FOR THEIR NEW GOVERNMENT

5. FOUNDING THE UNITED STATES THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF THE UNITED STATES PUT TOGETHER A UNIQUE FORM OF GOVERNMENT BY TAKING IDEAS AND PIECES FROM DIFFERENT SYSTEMS THAT EXISTED AROUND THE WORLD. THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF THE UNITED STATES PUT TOGETHER A UNIQUE FORM OF GOVERNMENT BY TAKING IDEAS AND PIECES FROM DIFFERENT SYSTEMS THAT EXISTED AROUND THE WORLD. THE FIRST GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES “THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION” PROVED UNSUCCESSFUL BECAUSE IT LACK “A FEDERAL” SYSTEM. THE FIRST GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES “THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION” PROVED UNSUCCESSFUL BECAUSE IT LACK “A FEDERAL” SYSTEM.

6. THE ARTICLES OF CONFEREDARTION RATIFIED IN 1781 RATIFIED IN 1781 UNITED STATES FIRST CONSTITUTION UNITED STATES FIRST CONSTITUTION IT PROPOSED A CONFEDERATION, OR ALLIANCE OF INDEPENDENT STATES IT PROPOSED A CONFEDERATION, OR ALLIANCE OF INDEPENDENT STATES THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OF THE CONFEDERATION WAS TO BE COMPOSED OF A CONGRESS THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OF THE CONFEDERATION WAS TO BE COMPOSED OF A CONGRESS WEAK CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, NO CHIEF EXECUTIVE WEAK CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, NO CHIEF EXECUTIVE THE STATES HAD MORE POWER THEN THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT THE STATES HAD MORE POWER THEN THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IT DIDN’T HAVE A NATIONAL COURT SYSTEM IT DIDN’T HAVE A NATIONAL COURT SYSTEM THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION WERE REPLACED IN 1878 BY THE NEW CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATE, WHICH PROVEN TO BE A SUCCESSFUL FORM OF GOVERNMENT SINCE IT HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED YEARS

7. FEDERALISM THE FIRST PERSON TO PROPOSE A UNION OF ALL THE COLONIES AND TO PROPOSE A FEDERAL MODEL WAS THE IROQUOIS CHIEF CANASSATEGO THE FIRST PERSON TO PROPOSE A UNION OF ALL THE COLONIES AND TO PROPOSE A FEDERAL MODEL WAS THE IROQUOIS CHIEF CANASSATEGO HE PROPOSED FOR THE COLONIES TO UNIFY THEMSELVES AND EVEN TAUGHT THEM HOW TO DO IT. HE PROPOSED FOR THE COLONIES TO UNIFY THEMSELVES AND EVEN TAUGHT THEM HOW TO DO IT.

8. THE IROQUOIS HAD A MODEL OF SEVERAL SOVEREIGN UNITS UNITED INTO A ONE GOVERNMENT. THIS MODEL PRESENTED THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM COMFRONTING THE WRITERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION THE IROQUOIS HAD A MODEL OF SEVERAL SOVEREIGN UNITS UNITED INTO A ONE GOVERNMENT. THIS MODEL PRESENTED THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM COMFRONTING THE WRITERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION TODAY, THIS IS CALLED FEDERAL SYSTEM, IN WHICH EACH STATE RETAINS POWER OVER INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT REGULATES AFFAIRS COMMON TO ALL TODAY, THIS IS CALLED FEDERAL SYSTEM, IN WHICH EACH STATE RETAINS POWER OVER INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT REGULATES AFFAIRS COMMON TO ALL THE INDIANS INVENTED FEDERALISM BUT THE UNITED STATED PATENTED IT THE INDIANS INVENTED FEDERALISM BUT THE UNITED STATED PATENTED IT

9. THE AMERICANS FOLLOWED THE MODEL OF THE IROQUOIS LEAGUE NOT ONLY IN BROAD OUTLINE BUT ALSO IN THE SPECIFIC PROVISION OF THEIR KAIANEREKOWA THE AMERICANS FOLLOWED THE MODEL OF THE IROQUOIS LEAGUE NOT ONLY IN BROAD OUTLINE BUT ALSO IN THE SPECIFIC PROVISION OF THEIR KAIANEREKOWA MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, AND OTHER OFFICIALS COULD NOT ACT AS MILITARY LEADERS WITHOUT GIVING UP THEIR ELECTED OFFICE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, AND OTHER OFFICIALS COULD NOT ACT AS MILITARY LEADERS WITHOUT GIVING UP THEIR ELECTED OFFICE THE AMERICANS ADAPTED THE PROVISION OF IMPEACHING THEIR LEADERS THE AMERICANS ADAPTED THE PROVISION OF IMPEACHING THEIR LEADERS (THESE CONTRASTED WITH THE EUROPEAN TRADITIONS)

10. THE NEW CONSTITUTION ADOPTED IN 1787 ADOPTED IN 1787 THE CONSTITUTION CONSIST OF THREE PARTS THE CONSTITUTION CONSIST OF THREE PARTS I- THE GOVERNMENT (3 BRANCHES) 1.LEGISLATIVE-CONGRESS/BICAMERA SENATE/HOUSE OF REP. 2. EXECUTIVE-CABINET PRESIDENT 3. JUDICIAL SUPREME COURT

11. II- BILL OF RIGHTS- AMENDMENTS 1-10 AMENDMENTS 1-10 PROTECT THE RIGHT OF CITIZENS PROTECT THE RIGHT OF CITIZENS III- THE OTHER AMENDMENTS 11 – 27 11 – 27

12. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES THE FEDERAL SYSTEM CREATED BY THE CONSTITUTION DELEGATED SOME POWERS TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND RESERVED OTHERS TO THE STATE THE FEDERAL SYSTEM CREATED BY THE CONSTITUTION DELEGATED SOME POWERS TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND RESERVED OTHERS TO THE STATE SOME POWERS WERE TO BE CONCURRENT, OR SHARED BY BOTH THE STATES AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SOME POWERS WERE TO BE CONCURRENT, OR SHARED BY BOTH THE STATES AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE TWO CENTURIES SINCE THE CONSTITUTION WENT INTO EFFECT, SOME ASPECTS OF THE SYSTEM HAVE CHANGED, BUT THE SYSTEM PRESERVES THE GENERAL FEATURES OF THE LEAGUE OF IROQUOIS IN THE TWO CENTURIES SINCE THE CONSTITUTION WENT INTO EFFECT, SOME ASPECTS OF THE SYSTEM HAVE CHANGED, BUT THE SYSTEM PRESERVES THE GENERAL FEATURES OF THE LEAGUE OF IROQUOIS

13. PROCEEDINGS IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE DO NOT PERMIT THE USE OF NAMES, INSTEAD THE SENATOR MUST BE ADDRESSED BY THEIR OFFICE TITLE PROCEEDINGS IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE DO NOT PERMIT THE USE OF NAMES, INSTEAD THE SENATOR MUST BE ADDRESSED BY THEIR OFFICE TITLE THE PRACTICE OF ONLY ALLOWING ONE PERSON TO SPEAK AT A TIME IN A POLITICAL MEETING. THE IROQUOIS PERMITTED NO INTERRUPTIONS OR SHOUTING. THEY EVEN IMPOSED A PERIOD OF SILENCE AT THE END OF EACH ORATION. THE PRACTICE OF ONLY ALLOWING ONE PERSON TO SPEAK AT A TIME IN A POLITICAL MEETING. THE IROQUOIS PERMITTED NO INTERRUPTIONS OR SHOUTING. THEY EVEN IMPOSED A PERIOD OF SILENCE AT THE END OF EACH ORATION.

14. “AMERICAN DEMOCRACY OWES IT’S DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER OF DEBATE AND COMPROMISE TO THE PRINCIPLES AND STRUCTURES OF AMERICAN INDIAN CIVIL GOVERNMENT” (BURTON, 5) “AMERICAN DEMOCRACY OWES IT’S DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER OF DEBATE AND COMPROMISE TO THE PRINCIPLES AND STRUCTURES OF AMERICAN INDIAN CIVIL GOVERNMENT” (BURTON, 5) BECAUSE OF MEN SUCH AS THOMAS PAINE, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, CHARLES THOMSON, THOMAS JEFFERSON, AND GEORGE WASHINGTON, WE TODAY KNOW A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THE LEAGUE OR IROQUOIS AND SOME OF THE OTHER INDIAN GROUPS. BECAUSE OF MEN SUCH AS THOMAS PAINE, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, CHARLES THOMSON, THOMAS JEFFERSON, AND GEORGE WASHINGTON, WE TODAY KNOW A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THE LEAGUE OR IROQUOIS AND SOME OF THE OTHER INDIAN GROUPS.

15. THE LEAGUE OF IROQUOIS THE LEAGUE OF IROQUOIS INFLUENCED MANY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS THROUGHOUT MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND SOUTH AMERICA THE LEAGUE OF IROQUOIS INFLUENCED MANY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS THROUGHOUT MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND SOUTH AMERICA IN ALMOST EVERY NORTH AMERICAN TRIBE, THE SUPREME AUTHORITY RESTED IN THE GROUP RATHER THAN THE INDIVIDUAL IN ALMOST EVERY NORTH AMERICAN TRIBE, THE SUPREME AUTHORITY RESTED IN THE GROUP RATHER THAN THE INDIVIDUAL

16. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS BORROWED FROM THE INDIANS WAS THE CAUCUS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS BORROWED FROM THE INDIANS WAS THE CAUCUS THE CAUCUS PERMITS INFORMAL DISCUSSION OF AN ISSUE WITHOUT THE NEED OF A YEA OR NAY VOTE THE CAUCUS PERMITS INFORMAL DISCUSSION OF AN ISSUE WITHOUT THE NEED OF A YEA OR NAY VOTE THE CAUSUS MADE POLITICAL DECISION LESS DIVISIVE AND COMBATIVE THE CAUSUS MADE POLITICAL DECISION LESS DIVISIVE AND COMBATIVE THE CAUCUS

17. OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THE FINAL EXTENSION OF THE FEDERAL PRINCIPLE USED IN THE IROQUOIS NATION AND LATER IN THE FORMATION OF THE UNITED STATES CAME IN 1918 WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS AND AGAIN IN 1945 WITH THE CREATION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS THE FINAL EXTENSION OF THE FEDERAL PRINCIPLE USED IN THE IROQUOIS NATION AND LATER IN THE FORMATION OF THE UNITED STATES CAME IN 1918 WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS AND AGAIN IN 1945 WITH THE CREATION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS