Colonial America Dbq Analysis

In colonial America, the citizens did not know exactly what they wanted for their government. The colonists knew they didn’t want their lives to be like they had been in England. They were open to ideas; they did not know what would work and what wouldn’t. The colonists knew that trial and error was the best idea at the time. The democratic and undemocratic features of colonial America were very apparent in that democracy as it was a work in progress. Although they were working out the issues, the colonists had some democratic features that were set and working. The rule of law describes that no person is above the supreme law. Everyone must obey laws; there is no supreme leader that can do anything they want. In document 3: The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, it states “they shall have the power to call public officials or any other person into question for any
They did not understand individual or human rights. Individual or human rights states that all people are born with some natural rights because they are human. Document 5: Plan of a Slave Ship describes what the slave ships looked like ,and how the slaves were treated. The document reads, “Slaves had no legal rights and were forbidden to read or write.” They were treated worse than animals. They were not given their human rights. They were in no way treated as a human with individual rights. During trial and error, they had a few features that were works in progress. Regular free and fair elections is an example of this. In regular free and fair elections, people get to have a voice in elections. Citizens elected representatives for their colony. During this time, it was a work in progress because the House of Burgesses was the first legislature for the colonies. This was in Virginia. The House of Burgesses led to all colonies eventually having their own