Christopher Columbus was Scottish

[Bugbear]

Cajunscot, I was thinking of the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, and "The Great Binding Law." I did a little bit of a search, and got results saying that this had absoluteley no influence what so ever on governor Hooker on down through the framers of the constitution; that it is a complete myth and rewriting of history. I also got some search results that said it did have some influence, perhaps as a model, on the framers of the constitution etc; not to say that the American confederation then constitution was copied from "The Great Binding Law" or anything like that.

So, I have no idea if it's true or not...

[macwilkin]

Cajunscot, I was thinking of the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, and "The Great Binding Law." I did a little bit of a search, and got results saying that this had absoluteley no influence what so ever on governor Hooker on down through the framers of the constitution; that it is a complete myth and rewriting of history. I also got some search results that said it did have some influence, perhaps as a model, on the framers of the constitution etc; not to say that the American confederation then constitution was copied from "The Great Binding Law" or anything like that.

So, I have no idea if it's true or not...

Interesting, Ted...something to research, if nothing else. The first thing that comes to mind is the fact that the Six Nations, save the Onedia, sided with the British during the Revolution, so I wouldn't think the Confederation government would feel much sympathy towards them, let alone adopt "their" form of government.

T.

[Bigkahuna]

Interesting, Ted...something to research, if nothing else. The first thing that comes to mind is the fact that the Six Nations, save the Onedia, sided with the British during the Revolution, so I wouldn't think the Confederation government would feel much sympathy towards them, let alone adopt "their" form of government.

T.

Most of the Eastern Woodlands Tribes had some kind of confederacy. This is supposed to have influenced Benjamin Franklin's thoughts on government.

[macwilkin]

Most of the Eastern Woodlands Tribes had some kind of confederacy. This is supposed to have influenced Benjamin Franklin's thoughts on government.

Ted also mentioned this, but the jury is still out in terms of definitive sources that confirm it. Can you point us in the direction of such a source?

T.

[Bryan]

If anyone is interested, I read a great work on pre-Columbian America recently. It's 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus.