Early American Democracy

Unlike Ancient Athens, the early U.S. was a representative democracy. This meant that "every citizen" voted for a representative to discuss issues about the country, like present day America.

Only free, white men who owned property could vote in early America. This ended up disenfranchising women, children, and foreigners (like in Ancient Athens) for a considerable mount of time.

Like in Ancient Athens, America also had a public space called coffeehouses to talk about legal different issues. An example of these establishments was the Tontine Coffee House in New York. Men would meet here to talk about politics, and the news. AGain, it relied on civic participation, meaning it needed for its citizens to engage in the government This concept eventually turned into the democracy society uses today.

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