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How Did Hiawatha Influence Our Lives

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Did you know that a forgotten man named Hiawatha influenced how the US was created and our lives today also? Hiawatha was born somewhere around 1550 A.D., and his death is unknown. He was a Native American and a member of the Mohawk tribe. With his ideas, he changed the US forever. Hiawatha should be on the 1 dollar bill because even though his whole family was murdered and he got rejected for his ideas, he still did so many amazing things that still affect us today. He United five tribes who were at war with each other into one nation and created peace. He made a constitution called “The Great Law of Peace”. He also Influenced the US constitution and our lives today. Even after losing his entire family and going through rejection because of his ideas, Hiawatha still accomplished making a set of laws that kept everyone safe and at peace. He created a constitution of peace that maintained a peaceful life for everyone. The constitution he created was called “The Great Law of Peace”. It was put together so that all the tribes continued to maintain peace and not start a war. Hiawatha created it after all his hardships, realizing that war wasn’t helping anyone, just making things worse. …show more content…

He created a confederacy called the “Iroquois Confederacy”, an alliance or nation. The five tribes became the “Iroquois Confederacy” after they were united. In a confederacy, people work together and learn from each other to make them

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