Similarities Between Iroquois Constitution And Us Constitution

If you choose, you can compare or contrast the U.S. Constitution with the Haudenosaunee Great Law of Peace (the Iroquois Constitution).

Once approved by every State the U.S. Constitution was put in effect in 1789. The U.S. Constitution brought the President, Supreme Court and Congress into play. It states the powers held by each office and lays out how each position should be picked. The U.S Constitution also states the rights of every U.S citizen.

The U.S Constitution and the Iroquois Constitution have a lot of similarities. They both state the same law for the most part but come from different places the Constitution from the colonist and the Haudenosaunee from the Native Americans. The Iroquois Constitution was the root for the U.S Constitution. The colonist based their Constitution on the Haudenosaunee Great Law of Peace. The Iroquois Constitution and the U.S. Constitution have a lot of thing in common and in contrast.

The United States constitution and the Russian constitution both share similarities in which they lay out the governmental structure such as: the Federal, Legislative and Judicial branches, however, the details and power that lies under each of the branches is much different between the two constitutions. Both constitutions also have differences that can be attributed to the time in which it was constructed as one was drafted by revolutionary figures during the 18th century while the other was drafted after the fall of the Soviet Union.

Both the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution have many similarities and differences. First and foremost, the Articles called for a unicameral legislature while the constitution calls for a bicameral legislature, which allows for a greater amount of representation and checks and balances in congress. Furthermore, in the legislature, the Articles has between two and seven representatives per state whereas the Constitution has two senators per state and a house representatives based upon population. These representatives each have a vote in the Constitution where as in the Articles; each state only had one vote. This allows for equal representation in legislature to ensure each state has a voice in law making and that states will a larger population have a great say, but are not overbearing on smaller states.

The New York Times stated in an article, “One of the main influences on the framers of the Constitution was the unwritten democratic constitution under which the Iroquois Confederacy had operated since the 16th century, according to a group of American Indians and scholars.” (nytimes). So what is the United States Constitution? “The U.S. Constitution established America’s national government and fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens. It was signed on September 17, 1787, by delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, presided over by George Washington” (history.com). Also within the constitution, there is a system of checks and balances within the government. The idea of having three different branches of government and checks and balances is to ensure that not one single branch could have all power or abuse their power (history.com). The three branches of

The Constitution is our nation's most important and famous document and is the much more polished version of The Articles of Confederation, which were ultimately a disaster for our nation. The Constitution is a far better outline for our nation's government because it gives the central government the necessary powers to run the country efficiently without disregarding the rights of the citizens.

Both the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution were legal documents documenting the specific powers of the congress and the individual states. These documents both had their weaknesses and strengths. They both caused controversies and debates between both America’s new leaders and the everyday citizen.

constitution had many differences as well. “The Articles were unicameral while the constitution was bicameral separating the house into representatives and the senate, the senate is smaller but they get to serve longer and the house of representatives is bigger with about 400 members but they serve for a shorter time.”( shoop) This was because states wanted for representatives to be chosen in different ways.” For the Articles each state could send between 2 to 7 delegates to Congress. In the Constitution the states were allowed 2 members in the Senate and 1 representative per a certain amount of people in the House of Representatives.” (123 ) Each state wanted to be represented in different ways. The states with more people wanted representation to be based on the amount of people. On the Articles of Confederation it would be one vote per state and in the Constitution each state was allowed one vote per senate. Voting changed because people thought that they should be represented by the house of representatives. Which is a good thing because if not the people would be upset and they would not follow the laws on the

There are many differences in the Articles of Confederation that was written in 1777 and the Constitution, which was later written in 1787. The Articles of Confederation can be considered the United States’ first constitution and was written “during a time when the American people feared a strong national government.” (Knoedl). The Constitution was written because in the Articles of Confederation, the states were more interested in themselves and not as a government as a whole. The Constitution provided the framework for us to form a more perfect government together. There are many similarities and differences that can be found between the two documents.

There are numerous references to nature, such as mentions of a “Tree of the Great Peace” as well as animals such as an Eagle. Items like strings and arrows are used as symbols (Section 2 of the Iroquois Constitution). This is comparable to the Irish Constitution and its incorporation of Christianity. However, the Irish Constitution merely suggested Christian ideas, and the Iroquois Constitution is targeted exclusively at the Iroquois, who would understand and be practice them. Essentially, one must follow the Iroquois traditions in order to participate in the ideas presented in the Iroquois Constitution, but one would not necessarily have to be Catholic to abide by the Irish

The Constitution was a distinct change from the Articles, but similarities between the two do exist. Both documents were established by the same people. The Continental Congress resided over the writing of both. Both documents refer to the country as “The United States of America.” The Articles of Confederation state in Article I, “The stile of this confederacy shall be ‘The United States of America” (Continental 155). As well the Preamble of the Constitution addresses citizens as “...People of the United States” (Philadelphia 171). Both documents were considered the official government of the United States, and

The difference between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution was that The Articles of Confederation issued a powerless central government and The Constitution developed a powerful central government. The Articles of Confederation did not create an executive branch. Congress was a unicameral legislature. Under the Articles of Confederation there was no federal court. Congress was not able to implement the laws and collect taxes without the approval of all of the states, under the Articles of Confederation. The uppermost weakness under the Articles of Confederation was its shortcoming of power to adapt trade among the states and with foreign nations (Mount, 2005). The similarities between the two included: Both could transfer and redeem ambassadors. The governments were astonished to compose treaties with

The United States Constitution and the Declaration of Independence are two of the most important documents in American history. Despite being written only eleven years apart and influenced by many of the same founders, these two documents are very different from each other. To understand the two documents better, you must distinguish certain areas of comparison between them. The three areas of comparison, I will speculate and contrast will center on the main goals of the documents, certain key words found and not found, and the differences in style, tone, and structure.

The U.S. Constitution was a better reflection of the principles of checks and balances and separation of power because unlike the Articles the Constitution, it created a federal government which divided into 3 branches and each had the power to check and balance the behavior of the other through the granted powers. This was different from the Articles of Confederation which was essentially just Congress. The powers in the constitution were separated between the three branches and each branch was given specific powers that could be checked by other branches by governing.