Democracy In the Colonies

Title: Democracy In the Colonies
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Democracy In the Colonies
Democracy In The Colonies Democracy existed in the colonies in the New World even at the very beginning. However some colonies were more democratic than others. The major ideas of democracy like freedom of religion, speech, free market and human rights came to the New World with the first colonists, the Puritans. They came to the Americas looking for freedom and they found it. British America however, was much more democratic in all of its …showed first 75 words of 790 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 790 total…The minorites in the British colonies had more rights than in any other, including Spanish. People had more rights, and played a role in making major decisions unlike the Spanish colonies where the crown and the church made all the decisions. Trade was free in the English colonies, and in South America was strictly regulated. In all of its aspects the English governemnt in the New World was much more democratic than in Spanish America.

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