Background and Emergence of Democracy in the British North American Colonies
Beginning in the early 1600's, North America experienced a flood of emigrants from England who were
searching for religious freedom, an escape from political oppression, and economic opportunity. Their
emigration from England was not forced upon them by the government, but offered by private groups
whose chief motive was profit.
The emergence of Democracy in colonial America can be attributed to the coming about of several
institutions and documents filled with new and "unconventional" ideas that were brought about by a people
tired of bickering among themselves and being torn apart by strife. The Anglo-American political thought
in the eighteenth century contained notions of right and freedom, which fueled their passion for a better
way of life. . The Virginia House of Burgesses, the Mayflower Compact, New England town meetings,
and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut were all early......
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