What event ignites

modern democracies?
The Ancient Greeks?
The American Revolution?
The French Revolution?
How about the.
Iroquois Confederacy!
is the benchmark for, and
beginning of modern day
democracy. The revolutionists are
copycats.
 AKA:
The Haudenosaunee
(hoda-nash-shoney)
The initial five
nations of the
Iroquois
Confederacy were
located mostly in
what is now upper
and central New
York.
A peace treaty between six Indian nations;
(Mohawk, Onondaga, Seneca, Oneida,
Cayuga and the Tuscarora).

The Tuscarora joined later than the first five

tribes. They joined the confederacy in 1702,
after moving from the Carolinas.
The six nations of the Confederacy;
Oneida, Onondaga, Mohawk, Cayuga,
Tuscarora, and Seneca. Also referred
to as the People of the Longhouse
Interior of a Longhouse
 The Haudenosaunee established a
government that became known as
The Great Law of Peace. This allowed
the nations to co-exist peacefully and
respectfully.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=MK7OmIDmiB8
 Around 1200 CE
This great Iroquois leader
persuaded the five Iroquois
nations to accept the
Great Law of Peace.
Deganawidas beliefs, much like the
Ancient Greek leader, Pericles, are now
seen as the foundations of representative
democracy.
 Each nation can rule their own territory
BUT they also elect representatives to
the Grand Council to make decisions
that all the nations must agree to
An attack on one is an attack on all
Women elect the men to council
1765 Ben Franklin meets with the
Grand Council
Benjamin Franklin
 The Great law of Peace was an oral
treaty and was not written down but
rather passed on from generation to
generation.
The treaty was not put into writing so
it was not given proper recognition
as a fundamental element of
democracy.
 Finally, after hundreds of years the Iroquois
people received the acknowledgement they
deserved for their crucial role in shaping the
American Constitution.
In 1987, Senator Daniel Inouye brought this
before the combined houses of Congress
and it is now written in the congressional
records that the American system is based
on the Iroquois system.
 The British Empire
had full control over
the Thirteen
American Colonies.
Americans were more
seen as labourers for
the mother country
rather than citizens of
America.
 Iron Act (1750): Britain no longer had to pay to
get iron imported from New England.
Sugar Act (1764): Placed a tax on wine, sugars
and other delicacies.
Tea Act (1773): Placed a tax on tea for the
colonies.
Quartering Act (1774): Allowed soldiers to be
housed in a given household without the
homeowners consent.
 The American
Revolution lasted a
total eight years and
was headed by
George Washington
against the British
Empire, led by King
George III.
 Instated freedom of
speech, freedom of
press and rule of
law.
Limited government
control.
Federal and State
level governments
Introduced free
market economy.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnWxFO
qsWdk&feature=related
The French Revolution
1789 - 1794
 Main Events
The French support the Americans in their war
against the British (money and soldiers)
The military returns to France with new ideals
of liberty and equality
France still lives under the Old Regime
Rigid class structure
Absolute monarchist
No elected representatives
They want change!
 Historical Background Info:
Democracy Brits/Americans
Huge debt / unfair tax system
Inequality in class system
Crop failure! Famine
Anger about royalty
 Membership Numbers Privileges / Concerns
Burdens

100 000 Exempt from Lower clergy

taxation sympathized
First Churchmen with concerns of
Estate Eligible for the Third Estate
(Clergy) 0.5 % of prestigious
pop positions

Exempt from
Second Nobility 1.5 % of taxation
Estate pop. Eligible for
prestigious
positions
Everyone else 27 000 000 Middle class
Had to pay wanted to share
Third almost all taxes in power and
Estate 98 % of Ineligible for
status
pop Peasants wanted
prestigious
relief from taxes
positions and feudal dues
 Feudal institution not called since 1614
Equal numbers of representatives of the 3
estates meet as estates
One vote per estate
Role was to give advice to the king
The Third Estate hoped the king would
hear their main complaints (cahiers)
 Aristocracy

Bourgeoisie: Upper Middle Class

Proletariate: Working Class
 A constitution
Equality of taxation
Rights for citizens
End to hunting rights of nobility
More of a political voice
 3rd Estate demanded vote/head
They are locked out of the Estates General
Birth of the National Assembly
Tennis Court Oath
We will create a fair constitution for France
The Revolution had begun!
 The Tennis Court Oath
June 20, 1789 - Although the Third Estate were locked out of their
meeting room they met in a tennis court. There were members of
the 3rd Estate and some lower clergy involved.
Members of the National Assembly promised not to disperse until
France had a constitution. This was known as The Tennis Court
Oath.
The king order the National Assembly to disperse, the group had
drawn a number of nobles and a majority of the clergy.
On June 27, 1789 the king asked the 1st and 2nd Estates to meet
with the National Assembly.
The National Assembly was renamed the National Constituent
Assembly
 July 14, 1789 The Storming of the Bastille
Feudalism is abolished
peasants are freed, nobles are stripped of titles
The Declaration of Man
The Womens March to Versailles - 1789
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
10% land, state appoints clergy, the divide begins
The 83 Departments and uniformity
One: flag, currency, metric, new calendar, single language
Royals are in trouble! (Secret Letters, Varennes, Treason, Abdicate)
The National Convention - 1792
French Republic formed, constitution sworn in
 1793 - Robespierre leads the NC
Committee on Public Safety formed
Guillotine invented
Reign of Terror begins (20K in one year)
Denouncing goes overboard (sans-culottes)
Wars with neighbours
1793 (Jan) Au Revoir, Louis why?
(Oct) Adieu, Madame Deficit
1794 The madness ends..