At the same time that France was in a state of political turmoil, America had successfully developed a democratic state in which they could live. The predisposition for a dictatorial regime was not seen in the American revolution as it was in the French, and democracy allowed the country to grow and keep their individual freedom (Zeitlin, 2001:87). However, freedom was not found in all parts of America, …show more content…
In this case, people would be a democratic regime and property would be that of an Aristocratic regime. Due to the attempts De Tocqueville made to study America in order to provide guidelines for the French, one can safely assume that De Toqueville believed that the people should govern society. De Tocqueville found that the unique American democracy had none of the social conflicts that France had experienced in their search for democracy, yet still retained a stature of liberty, a societal class equality, and direction of public affairs (Zeitlin,