SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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It was a law that gave the colonists power to elect their governor.
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It was a law that made fighting and war illegal.
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It was a law that helped the Iroquois Confederacy maintain peace between the Indian Tribes.
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It was a law that took power away from the king.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Iroquois Great Law of Peace was a constitution that established a democracy between five Iroquois-speaking tribes-the Seneca, Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga, and Mohawk. This group of five nations, called the Iroquois Confederacy, was established around 1450.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Iroquois Constitution, also known as the Great Law of Peace, is a great oral narrative that documents the formation of a League of Six Nations: Cayuga, Onondaga, Mohawk, Oneida, Seneca, and later on, the Tuscarora nations.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Great Peacemaker and the wise Hiawatha, chief of the Onondaga tribe, contemplated how best to bring peace between the nations. They traveled to each of the ve nations to share their ideas for peace. A council meeting was called, and Hiawatha presented the Great Law of Peace.
Detailed explanation-4: -What are some of the key components of the Great Law of Peace? OREN LYONS: The first principle is peace. The second principle equity, justice for the people. And third, the power of the good minds, of the collective powers to be of one mind: unity.