A lawmaking body with a single house of elected representatives
Americans tried to civilize the Native Americans through the Washington Administration who embraced a program to civilize native people, transforming Indians from tribal peoples into individuals who could be easily adopt the ways of another culture into American Society. The program promotes commercial agriculture, Christianity, an alteration in the gender-based divisions of labor among Indians and most importantly private ownership of land.
Some thought war was too drastic. They thought "wait a second, let's not do something crazy here. Let's just try to work with Britain to get our rights back, instead of overthrowing the whole thing and establishing our own thing. That's just too much." Some thought that we would lose the revolution (which, in all honesty, they had good reason to think that) and didn't want to upset Britain.
The answer is they "refused to ratify".
The League of Nations charter became part of the Treaty of Versailles following World War I. President Woodrow Wilson pushed hard for its passing, to the point that he earned the 1919 Nobel Peace Prize. However, when he brought the charter to the U.S. Congress, the members refused to ratify it. Thus, the international organization promoted by President Wilson never became a part of American politics.
