[MD] Iroquois Influence on the Founding Fathers

[Arlo Bensinger]

An interesting quote from the Summary in Opposition.

"One might conclude from a study of American history that the liberty 
they sought was for the liberty of their own privileged class, not 
the liberty of all. Indeed, early American democracy was very much 
like Greek democracy, with its emphasis on class structure, property 
conditions for participation in the democracy, and even slavery. In 
any event, it certainly did not resemble the egalitarianism of the 
Iroquois Confederacy."

No, I guess it did not.

But the interesting thing here is that this kind of overlooks the 
idea that America was a "synthesis" of European and Indian values. No 
one's suggesting that the entirety of the government was modeled 
after Indians, but that elements of Indian life (such as 
egalitarianism) and elements of European life (class hierarchies) were melded.



At 05:28 PM 1/29/2007, you wrote:
>For a fair and balanced view of this issue, check out the following.
>
>http://www.campton.sau48.k12.nh.us/iroqconf.htm
>
>The Summary says it all.
>
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