SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA
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they were colonists of means born in America
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they were men who owned property
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they were women who were able to read and write
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they were colonists born in England
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Detailed explanation-1: -More people were eligible to vote in town meetings but they had to be white males. The voters were called inhabi-tants. All women, certain followers of other religions, slaves and indentured servants, native Americans, anyone under twenty-one, and anyone who didn’t own property couldn’t vote.
Detailed explanation-2: -Democratic Governments You now know that the main feature of a democracy is that the people have the power to elect their leaders. So in a sense a democracy is rule by the people. The basic idea is that people rule themselves by participating in the making of these rules.
Detailed explanation-3: -Unfortunately, leaving election control to individual states led to unfair voting practices in the U.S. At first, white men with property were the only Americans routinely permitted to vote.
Detailed explanation-4: -D.C. residents have no representation in the Senate. The Twenty-third Amendment, adopted in 1961, entitles the District to the same number of electoral votes as that of the least populous state in the election of the president and vice president.