The Role Of Democracy In Colonial America

While Democracy was being practiced in Colonial America, it has had its dark side as well. Almost to balance out the good in what is happening, everything needs a balance in life. So, what makes the Democracy in Colonial America have undemocratic features are the voting and the treatment of African Americans and Women in the colonies. The voting which happened in America, "which is stated in document 2, shows us that only Christian white males were the only ones who could vote." This is not a democracy, if only a certain group could vote and they leave out the women, African Americans, and other ethnic groups out. But it is what life was back then, mostly the women stayed at home and the men do the work and all of the other important things.

Which they were treated poorly on their way to Colonial America, "where in document 5, it shows how the African Americans were all stuffed together into a small space underneath the ships," but there was more mistreatment done on the ships, "African Americans were being forced to exercise a couple hours to keep them fit and make sure their price did not go down, when slavers sold them," (Anatomy of a Slave Ship). Democracy is supposed to protect the rights of freedom of everyone, but it never did in Colonial America. The practice of Democracy in Colonial America seemed like it was only to protect and benefit the rights of white males in those colonies. While they leave out the rest of the population living in the Thirteen