Ian Udoh

“Benjamin Franklin Learned about Democracy by Observing Native Americans One of the Founding Fathers, Benjamin Franklin, actually spent quite a lot of time observing and socializing with the Iroquois tribe. During his interactions with the Native Americans, Franklin noticed that the Iroquois was in fact, a union of different tribes that were ruled by one chief. Their chief would only remain in power if the other tribes supported his actions, which technically made him an elected official. The Iroquois also had in place a system of checks and balances to make sure that no one abused their authority. Some historians speculate that Franklin introduced many of the things he learned from his interactions with the Native Americans when he and the other Founding Fathers drafted the United States Constitution.”
― William D. Willis, American History: US History: An Overview of the Most Important People & Events. The History of United States: From Indians, to "Contemporary" History ... Native Americans, Indians, New York Book 1)

“European diseases destroyed the American population more effectively than any weapons and demoralized the survivors by their scale: perhaps 90 per cent of the Indians died of these infections – smallpox, measles, malaria, yellow fever – in the first century after the discoveries. Lastly,”
― Hugh Brogan, The Penguin History of the USA

“About three percent of the world's population (around sixty million people) died in the six year conflict. It set the stage for the Cold, Korean, Vietnam and Afghan war in the decades to come. World War 2 unfortunately introduced the world to atomic weapons, a problem we are still dealing with today. Millions”
― William D. Willis, American History: US History: An Overview of the Most Important People & Events. The History of United States: From Indians, to "Contemporary" History ... Native Americans, Indians, New York Book 1)

“Even though it was hard to browse through all of the reported atrocities that were done to the Native American people, you still need to learn about them so you can empathize and understand them better. It is quite sad that during the early years of the United States, the total population of Native American people dwindled down by almost 80 percent. That was a dark period for the country, but people still need to learn about these things so they will not happen ever again.”
― William D. Willis, American History: US History: An Overview of the Most Important People & Events. The History of United States: From Indians, to "Contemporary" History ... Native Americans, Indians, New York Book 1)