ABSTRACT
European colonizers adopted the transportation network that Native Americans had developed. Even after the founding of the United States, the Indians continued to play a significant role in the evolution of democracy because of their sustained interactions with Americans on the frontier. Indian influence on democratic movements was evident throughout the Americas. Sauer and most other Pennsylvania Germans thought of themselves as loyal Americans and saw no inconsistency in keeping their mother tongue. The United States needed its own uniformity, and education of young American republicans was of primary importance as the forming of nationality and national character needed to be deliberate and could be only accomplished through a general system of education for all Americans. Native Americans often camped near the Jefferson home on their way to councils in Williamsburg.
