Both their constitutions talked about how the government was divided into three parties to balance power. From the colonists the government is divided into three branches of government "They are the legislative, judicial and executive branches". the colonists used this system to control the flow of power by passing it through three different systems before it hit the new country. the ruling power of the Iroquois was the Mohawk council which was divided "into three parts". Their system was for two parties to argue and the third to remain silent except to comment on the proceedings. Both the colonists and the Iroquois write about groups who would make important decisions for the good of the government. In the new country of the USA it is the Supreme Court that if someone has been "accused of committing a federal crime he has the right to a trial by jury". The Iroquois council called the Onondaga lords that they do not see a question until it has been voted unanimously by several courts. Finally, there is a specific set of rules for a foreign power to join the nation. The colonists had “special rules for the admission of new states into the union.” The Iroquois rules are very strict regarding the acceptance of foreign countries that "admission is only temporary if the person or