US History Colonial Wethersfield‚ Connecticut Throughout the history of the American colonies‚ there have been signs of the beginnings of democracy. Many towns adopted policies that were different from others‚ and so some towns became more democratic than others. When looking at colonial Wethersfield‚ Connecticut‚ the colony made changes between the 1750’s and the 1780’s in reference to property distribution‚ social structure‚ politics‚ and religion. Starting with the Fundamental Elements
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strong grip. The question of how to become more democratic‚ equal opportunity for all people‚ was prevalent in American society in the 1700’s. Wethersfield‚ Connecticut was a symbol of American society in the late 1700’s as they struggled with the balance of property‚ role of religion‚ and equality for all people. Between the 1750’s and 1780’s‚ Wethersfield‚ Connecticut was becoming more democratic in the means of social structure‚ politics‚ and religion and less democratic regarding property distribution
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In Wethersfield‚ Connecticut between 1750 and the 1780’s the town was becoming more democratic in Political‚ religious ideas‚ and less so in property distribution. People who wanted democracy at the time were looking for equality‚ and the opportunity to succeed while being in a free society. With new people getting access to government positions‚ religious bickering put to a rest‚ and organized town meetings‚ people were going in the right direction. The political changes that took place in Wethersfield
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Was American society as demonstrated in Wethersfield‚ Connecticut‚ becoming more "democratic"? Between the years of 1750-1780‚ the American society was becoming more and more democratic as the years passed. Democratic is when everyone has the opportunity to be heard in all matters of the country. Wethersfield‚ Connecticut is a prime example of how the American society was becoming more democratic through property distribution‚ social structure‚ politics‚ and religion between 1750 and 1780. Democratic
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of government. Breaking apart from Britain was the final step in a series of democratic actions. Without pursuing freedom‚ individual rights‚ and an obviously capitalistic society from the beginning‚ America would never have been created. Using Wethersfield‚ Connecticut as an example‚ American society was becoming more democratic between 1750 and 1790 in accordance with property distribution‚ social structure‚ politics‚ and religion. In early New England society‚ the government was built on small
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corroborate the above. The religious forces overwhelmingly influenced Wethersfield making it more democratic during 1750 to 1780‚ offsetting the advances in other areas of society. Between 1750 and 1780‚ the gap between the rich and the poor widened. The period understudy‚ 1750 to 1780‚ engulfs the seven years war. The war did bring riches to successful traders and brought depression and bankruptcy in the 1760s. Wethersfield was no exception. White males holding 100 acres or more was 5% in 1756
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the New World‚ governments began to take shape and ideas began to form. Democracy was soon to come‚ but just how soon? Religion was a major predicament in the late-1700s. A Separatist minister was sent to jail in 1745 because he was preaching in Wethersfield without permission. This is saying that Separatism is inferior to that of other religions. And the town’s requirement of its people to support Protestant ministers in 1775 only pushes the idea that Protestants are superior to others. Because freedom
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Many colonists held a stronger loyalty to their American Colonies than to England by the eve of the Revolution. The battles and trials that they endured gave them an identity and a unity‚ they had survived through many hardships and any group that does that had some sort of bond. The unique combining of cultures‚ geography‚ and the many political ordeals that American colonists had endured provided them with a sense of identity and unity. There was a combining of culture in America that was unique
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this new Democracy in America has achieved in their way to a better world. This law stopped people from attacking other religions and allowed the freedom of practicing any form of Christianity in Colonial America without fear of being beaten for it. But another democratic feature‚ which happened in Colonial America was the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.
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Sam Miller APUSH Mr. Hammond 9-17-12 During the colonial time period‚ the thirteen colonies began to develop democratic features. However‚ many parts of colonial lifestyle were not democratic. A closer look at the time period shows that democracy was a work in progress. One democratic feature of colonial America was that assemblies elected by the people made laws for the colonies‚ but this feature had an undemocratic side as well. In order to vote you had to be a white‚ male‚ landowner
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