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As a solution to the constant stream of violence between the Iroquois people, they proposed a federation between the five tribes that would make the Iroquois nation as a entire stronger and more powerful, period uniting their brothers together in friendship. The Iroquois Confederacy was a lasting essence between the five Iroquois tribes the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca. This union of five Iroquois tribes would demonstrate to have a great deal of impact on the fundament fathers of the linked States. The creation principles of unity, freedom of the people, and democracy that defined the Iroquois Confederacy very(prenominal) much affect certain men who were charged with designing the new government of the United States.By the time the Europeans arrived in America, the League was already hundreds of years old (McClard 75) and running just as smoothly as when Hiawatha and Deganawida created it so man... ...on, 1988.2. Fradin, Dennis Brindell. Hiawatha messenger of Peace. New York, NYMaxwell Macmillian International, 199 2.3. Graymont, Barbara. Indians of sexual union America The Iroquois. New York, NYChelsea House Publishers, 1988.4. Malkus, Alida Sims. on that point Really was a Hiawatha. New York, NYGrosset & Dunlap, 1963.5. McClard, Megan and Ypsilantis, George. Hiawatha and the Iroquois League.Englewood Cliffs, NJ property Burdett Press, 1989.6. Phillips, Martin. The Constitutional Convention. Morristown, NJSilver Burdett Company, 1985.7. Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk. The Iroquois. New York, New York spend House, 1995.8. Yenne, Bill and Garratt, Susan. North American Indians. Secaucus, NJChartwell Books, Incorperated, 1984.9. Zimmerman, Larry J. and Molyneaux, Brian Leigh. Native North America.Norman, OK University of Oklahoma Press, 1996. The Impact of the Iroquois Confederacy on the Creation of the United StOne arrow is easily broken, but tied together, no man can break the bundle.-PeacemakerThis philosophy was at the core of the powerful Iroquois League of Five Nations. The League of Five Nations, or Iroquois Confederacy as it is more commonly called, was a thriving and well-functioning form of government very similar to that of the United States Government. Hundreds of years before civilized man arrived in the New World -- historians think as early as 1400 A.D.-- the Iroquois had created a radically new and well-organized form of government unlike any other before it. This new form of government was the idea of two peaceful men named Hiawatha and Deganawida (McClard 47). Hiawatha and Deganawida realized that the five Iroquois tribes were constantly fighting with one another resulting in many innocent deaths and ongoing tribal wars. As a solution to the constant stream of violence between the Iroquois people, they proposed a union between the five tribes that would make the Iroquois nation as a whole stronger and more powerful, while uniting their brothers together in friendship. The Iroquois Confederacy was a lasting union between the five Iroquois t ribes the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca. This union of five Iroquois tribes would prove to have a great deal of impact on the founding fathers of the United States. The grounding principles of unity, freedom of the people, and democracy that defined the Iroquois Confederacy very much impressed certain men who were charged with designing the new government of the United States.By the time the Europeans arrived in America, the League was already hundreds of years old (McClard 75) and running just as smoothly as when Hiawatha and Deganawida created it so man... ...on, 1988.2. Fradin, Dennis Brindell. Hiawatha Messenger of Peace. New York, NYMaxwell Macmillian International, 1992.3. Graymont, Barbara. Indians of North America The Iroquois. New York, NYChelsea House Publishers, 1988.4. Malkus, Alida Sims. There Really was a Hiawatha. New York, NYGrosset & Dunlap, 1963.5. McClard, Megan and Ypsilantis, George. Hiawatha and the Iroquois League.Englewood Cliffs, NJ Silver Bu rdett Press, 1989.6. Phillips, Martin. The Constitutional Convention. Morristown, NJSilver Burdett Company, 1985.7. Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk. The Iroquois. New York, New YorkHoliday House, 1995.8. Yenne, Bill and Garratt, Susan. North American Indians. Secaucus, NJChartwell Books, Incorperated, 1984.9. Zimmerman, Larry J. and Molyneaux, Brian Leigh. Native North America.Norman, OK University of Oklahoma Press, 1996.