Democratic And Unemocratic Features Of Colonial America's Democracy

Colonial America’s democracy was a work in progress, it had democratic and undemocratic features. The American colonial began to develop some early democratic features. Still, there was a lot of undemocratic features also. The time period suggest that Colonial America was a work in progress.

Rule of law was one of many democratic features of colonial times. This means no one was above the law, not even the president of the country. Public official was or any other person into question for any misdemeanor and with good reason remove or deal otherwise accordingly with the offender. This has stated that no one was above the law. (Doc.3: The Fundamental Orders of Connect).

One undemocratic feature that Colonial America had was human rights. This

means every person, no matter your race, gender, religion, or if you owned any land, was equal. Slaves had no rights. Which proves that not everyone has rights. (Doc.5: Plan of a Slave Ship).
A work in progress in Colonial America was citizen participation. Citizen participation means all citizens get to participate on what the government does. Only white, Christian, men that owned property, got to vote. Only white, Christian, man that owned land could vote in the colonies. (Doc.2: Voting Qualifications).
The democratic and undemocratic features in the democracy of Colonial America was the rule of law, human rights, and citizen participation as a work in progress. The democratic features were found in Doc.3: The Fundamental Orders of Connect. The undemocratic features were found in Doc.5: Plan of a slave ship. The work in progress was found in Doc.2: Voting Qualifications.