Ap Us History Dbq

1.) American society wasn’t that democratic during the colonial days. Although it was much more democratic than England, it still wasn’t quite there yet. The constitution wasn’t signed and agreed upon until 1787, and before the turn of the 18th century, the colonies were a big mess. Most cities had an oligarchy, meaning a religious leader was in charge, making everyone abide by their rules, although it was often less religious and more on the tyrannical side. There wasn’t much separation of church and state. The only people who could vote were members of the church in most colonies, although some colonies allowed white men who owned property to have the right of franchise. People were hung, flogged, and exiled. Indentured servants had it bad,
The provincial colonies, consisting of most of the southern colonies and some middle colonies, had a governor and council, and an assembly which were appointed by landowners of the province. The proprietary colonies were the majority of the middle colonies. These were colonies in which the land grants were given to a few people by the monarch and gave them the general powers of government, these colonies were subject to the control of the monarch and the governor and legislature were organized by the proprietaries. The charter colonies were all of New England. In which representatives were given control of the land and powers of the legislative government. The powers were divided between the legislative, executive, and judicial functions.
Colonial American society was becoming less equal in the sense that the only real participants were a handful of rich aristocrats. And although being the smaller percentage of the population, they still ran the governments. The difference in the social ladder was divided between the Aristocratic and rich, and the slaves, servants, and Indians. The higher class was determined to create a large division between the two