The American Legacy In Alexander Hamilton And The Iroquois Creation Story

Page, Jake. In the hands of the Great Spirit: the 20,000-year history of American Indians.

Alexander Hamilton was an instrumental founding father who influenced America’s political system more than any other. He came from meager beginnings, but rose to accomplish so much within a short lifespan. Alexander Hamilton was a soldier, a journalist, a lawyer, a statesman, and the first secretary of the treasury.

Even though the Iroquois and other Native American tribes had forged alliances with rivaling European powers they were unable to maintain any leverage economically and militarily during the Fur trade era.

Did Alexander Hamilton play as important a role in our founding as history portrays? This short paper on Alexander Hamilton will outline his importance in the journey of the United States of America to become a free country and will also show the various ways he made this country successful by pioneering the formation of the American government.

“How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence impoverished, in squalor grow up to be a hero and a scholar?” The first lines of this year’s hottest musical, Hamilton, ask this question about one of our most interesting founding fathers. The story of Hamilton’s life is just as inspiring and interesting today as it would have been to his contemporaries at the time.

Alexander Hamilton, recognized as one of the Founding Fathers of our country, had a great impact on the wars and political issues of his time. He presented himself as a well respected man and proved himself worthy of the tasks he was given. He impressed many people and played a substantial part in influencing where America stands today. Although his early childhood circumstances were difficult, putting him at a disadvantage, Alexander proved himself capable of achieving success all on his own, without the need of others’ assistance or provision. His efforts ultimately played a significant role in the founding of America.

To die a tragic death by the hand of another man- to carve ones way through destiny and shape one's future from the humblest of beginnings- to forge a legacy by a medium only those heralded as our countries "Forefathers" have per chanced to meddle with- these are the makings and the foundations for which great men and the dreams of our country rely upon.

The Native American Indian tribe called the Iroquois contributed greatly toward America. They have many stories about the world, and how things came to be the way they are. They have one story about the creation of the world. They use oral traditional elements in this story which is represented by nature. They also use a romantic aspect, which is represented by God’s and the super natural.

Alexander Hamilton, a founding father, is one of the most influential people in our world today. His name is mentioned very rarely throughout history classes and books. Little do you all know that he strategized most of the attacks against Britain and is the reason we are a free country. “His enemies destroyed his rep, America forgot him”1 states Lin Manuel-Miranda. Hamilton was a troubled boy with an entire future ahead of him until it was all thrown away and forgotten.

Alexander Hamilton carried the labels, illegitimate child, immigrant, and orphan. Unlike most people, he let this motivate him to rise above his given life. He had to make a name for himself. To receive the credit another man was given, he had to work ten times harder. He was also in the right place to do this, America during a revolution. The revolution inspired change and more acceptance. Hamilton’s ideas for a new form of government were accepted because of how desperately they were needed. To get his ideas across he made friends with other hard workers and revolutionary men. George Washington, the first President had more influence on Hamilton’s life. He gave Hamilton a role in the new country, securing his place in American history.

Many textbooks attribute modern day democracy to the Europeans who landed on and colonized North America. It’s often taken for granted that the Native American people had systems of social and political organizations established long before first contact. The Iroquois Confederacy is an example of such an organization; one of such great significance that its’ extent and impact can be observed in present-day American democracy. On Wednesday September 16, 1987 Congress passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 76 which acknowledged “the contribution of the Iroquois Confederacy of Nations to the development of the U.S. Constitution.” In the book The American Heritage Book of Indians an introduction from John F. Kennedy states that “When we forget great contributors to our American history-when we neglect the heroic past of the American Indian-we thereby weaken our own heritage. We need to remember the contribution our forefathers found here and from which they borrowed liberally. When Indians controlled the balance of power…the pioneers found that Indians had developed a high civilization with safeguards for ensuring the peace. The League of the Iroquois, inspired Benjamin Franklin to copy it in planning the federation of States.” The following thesis will explain what contributions the Iroquois and their Confederacy made to the American form of government in existence today.

Nothing is more fundamental yet so important to the freedoms we enjoy as Americans as the United States Constitution, which guarantee our right to do and say as we please so long as it does no harm to anyone. The Iroquois Nation preamble is placed on perfect peace for the welfare of the people. Their focus was fighting for the liberty of the people. Among the Indian nations whose ancient seats were within the limits of our republic, the Iroquois have long continued to occupy the conspicuous position. Nations they now set forth upon the canvas of the Indian history prominent as for the wisdom of their civil institution of the federations. Only the Iroquois had a system that seemed to meet most of the demands espoused by the

The Iroquois are a Native American tribe but actually its six tribes that all merged together that it created one big tribe. The names of the original tribes that merged into the Iroquois are called the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Tuscarora, and Seneca. The Iroquois lived in the northeastern part of the United States. They mostly farmed but they did fish and hunt. One thing I liked was that the left the settlement when the soil got bad.

Native Americans were the first people to live in America before any other man came. It is believed that the Native Americans came from Asia way back during the Ice Age through a land bridge of the Bering Strait. When the Europeans first set foot on America, there were about 10 million Native Americans living in America, North of Mexico (“American”). Native Americans had all separated and made their own tribes. Some of the many Native American tribes that still exist are those of the Iroquoian tribes, consisting of five, now six,

The debate over the legality of sovereignty and acquired lands from the native Americans, specifically the Cherokee, has long been debated. The issues involved have included treaties, land sold, and the right of the Government to physically enforce their rules on Indian land "sovereignty". This paper will examine the strategy used by the Federal Governments, the State Governments as well as those of the Cherokee Indians. The three-way relationship as well as the issues will examine how the interpretation of the Constitution changed society prior to the year of 1840.