How democracy was develop

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Democracy is a system by which the whole population or all the eligible members of the state, typically through elected representatives. Is a government in were the American people choose the leaders by voting. As a country we choose a person, who we want to represent us as a state, and as a whole country. Before, we established the meaning, and understood the correct definition of being in a democracy government. We must decide how to form the government. In the way we picture it as a country.
When we first started to make a democracy in 1800s. We only allow cretin amount of people to take part in our government. 1801 through 1815, we had two different types political groups. These two politic groups were called Hamiltonian and Jeffersonian. Jeffersonian favors in having a small government. Hamiltonian favor in having a big government system.
Jeffersonian had a deep faith in the common people; like farmers. They wish to lower the voting qualifications. Jeffersonian wanted to have a more democratic government, and to reduce the number of federal employees. Due to fact, the fact the federal employees would make the government favor them and not the harder workers. Jeffersonian was made up of artisans, shopkeepers, frontiers settlers, and small farmers. This type of government was strong in the south, and the southwest frontiers.
Hamiltonians were made up of manufacturers, merchants, professional people, and consisted of bankers. Their support came mostly came from New England and along the Atlantic coast. They wanted to balance the economy of agriculture trade, finance, and manufacturing. Plus, they favored into giving the government aid to trade, finance and manufacturing. They helped to establish a national bank, and wante...

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...in becoming a national government. In 1920, the government approved the 19th amendment, that women have equal rights as men do. During the 1930’s, democracy was a multiple level decision making process in order to make one decision it took three levels to make it. First, the decision must be voted on by a small group of delegates to see if it’s worthy of going to the next level. The next level has to do with the president. Where he will decides to either approve the decision or veto it. Finally, the bill is sent to congress where they vote to pass it or to reject the bill.
All of these political parties played a part in getting us to have a democracy government. Where we the people get to decide who can represented us as a nation. Where we have a say on things. No, one main branch in government can decide on everything, or can rule different things without a say.

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