Although democratic government is now present in many countries across the world, democracy was not common in the 1700’s. When America was just in its fledgling years, the people already knew that they wanted to govern themselves. This principle is apparent in the first three words of the Declaration of Independence. While the delegates of the new country knew what they wanted, their new government created for, of, and by the people proved to be messy in practice. In the beginning years, colonial America had democratic and undemocratic features and was very much a work in progress. One democratic feature of colonial America was its attempt to control abuse of power by implementing term limits and creating
