Compare and Contrast United States Constitution and Iroquois Constitution The Iroquois Constitution and the United States Constitution are very different yet very similar. They relate to each other on many different levels. They both serve as foundations for constitutions all over the world. Other constitutions that have been made presently look back on these two constitutions and kind of use them as a guideline. First of all, the structure and tone of the two constitutions are very similar. Both of their structures contains rules and laws. They explain the rules in a very clear way, allowing them to have a very precise tone. Although they are similar, they are also different. The Iroquois Constitution is more like a story. For example,
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The Iroquois Constitution is more laidback and down to Earth while the U.S. Constitution is very strict. Second, the constitutions are not only similar and different in those ways, but many others as well, such as their purposes. The Iroquois Constitution was written to tell the other tribes shat their constitution was. The U.S. Constitution was written to tell the United States citizens the rules and regulations. On the other hand, they were both written so they could remember the rules themselves. Third, the two constitutions have similar parallelism. For example, in the Iroquois Constitution it says, “Roots have spread out from the Tree of the Great Peace, one to the north, one to the east, one to the south, and one to the west.” (Owens 24). That represents parallelism because it all has the same value. In the U.S. Constitution, it says, “ .” (Jefferson Article ? Section ?). In those excerpts, nothing is less important or more important as the other. It’s all equally important. They are different because in their parallelism they discuss different things. In the Iroquois Constitution, the parallelism talks about the roots of the Tree of the Great Peace. In the U.S. Constitution, the parallelism talks about . Although they both have parallelism, they are both
The Iroquois Constitution is more laidback and down to Earth while the U.S. Constitution is very strict. Second, the constitutions are not only similar and different in those ways, but many others as well, such as their purposes. The Iroquois Constitution was written to tell the other tribes shat their constitution was. The U.S. Constitution was written to tell the United States citizens the rules and regulations. On the other hand, they were both written so they could remember the rules themselves. Third, the two constitutions have similar parallelism. For example, in the Iroquois Constitution it says, “Roots have spread out from the Tree of the Great Peace, one to the north, one to the east, one to the south, and one to the west.” (Owens 24). That represents parallelism because it all has the same value. In the U.S. Constitution, it says, “ .” (Jefferson Article ? Section ?). In those excerpts, nothing is less important or more important as the other. It’s all equally important. They are different because in their parallelism they discuss different things. In the Iroquois Constitution, the parallelism talks about the roots of the Tree of the Great Peace. In the U.S. Constitution, the parallelism talks about . Although they both have parallelism, they are both