What is one way the roles of Iroquois women and European women were the same?
Read the excerpt from the Mayflower Compact.[We] combine ourselves together into a civil Body . . . for our better Ordering and Preservation . . . [to] frame such just and equal Laws . . . for the general Good of the Colony.—Mayflower Compact
Why did the nation’s leaders decide that the Articles of Confederation needed to be replaced with a new constitution?
Which constitution governed the Iroquois Confederacy?
Read the excerpt from the congressional resolution.Whereas the confederation of the original Thirteen Colonies into one republic was influenced by the political system developed by the Iroquois Confederacy as were many of the democratic principles which were incorporated into the Constitution itself . . . (1)the Congress, on the occasion of the two hundredth anniversary of the signing of the United States Constitution, acknowledges the contribution made by the Iroquois Confederacy and other Indian Nations to the formation and development of the United States.—House Concurrent Resolution 331, October 21, 1988
Read the scenario.Martha is an enslaved African woman on a Virginia plantation. The plantation is owned by a man who serves in the House of Burgesses. The House of Burgesses has passed several laws meant to control enslaved African people.
Read the excerpt from the Great Law of Peace.The Lords of the Confederacy . . . shall be mentors of the people for all time. . . . Their hearts shall be full of peace and good will and their minds filled with a yearning for the welfare of the people of the Confederacy. . . . Neither anger nor fury shall find lodgement in their minds and all their words and actions shall be marked by calm deliberation.—the Great Law of Peace
Read the excerpt.[We] combine ourselves together into a civil Body . . . for our better Ordering and Preservation . . . [to] frame such just and equal Laws . . . for the general Good of the Colony.–Mayflower Compact
How did the roles of Iroquois women differ from the roles of European women?
Why was equal representation in the Articles of Confederation considered a weakness?
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