Did the Iroquois Shape the Constitution? The Great Law of Peace

Podcast: Consequential Actions Podcast · Jeff Kellick

Opublikowano: 2026-10-10

Did the Iroquois Shape the Constitution? The Great Law of Peace In 1744 an Onondaga speaker told three English colonies to unite as his forefathers had. Franklin printed the speech. When the colonists designed a union, they did not copy it. This is Episode 16 of Self-Evident: The Road to 1776, and it opens Week 16 of the series. It corresponds to Article 16, published October 5 on consequentialactions.com. The full article is free, with every source in its endnotes. The Six Nations (the Haudenosaunee, whom the French and...