Dbq Summary: Voting In The Colonies

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As voting requirements were established , the slave trade continued, and the government changed in the colonies, society changed politically, economically, and socially. Voting in the colonies came to have strict requirements regarding who was allowed to vote. Only white, male Christians who owned land had the right to vote (Doc 2). If you strayed from even one of these requirements you were not allowed to vote. This left politics to one particular group of people. General Assemblies were established in which governors were elected, by those could vote, to run theses courts (Doc 3). The House of Burgess was established as well as the General Assemblies and it consisted of representatives who were elected by the people (Doc 6). Economics

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