Colonial America was both democratic and undemocratic. Their government was looked like a democratic one, even though some of their laws and qualifications were very undemocratic. There was inequality in gender, race, and wealth. Based off of documents 4-5, women had barely any rights, while African-Americans had none at all. Though, Colonial America was only working in democracy. Colonial America was democratic because they had free elections where citizens could vote on their representatives, and the officials they elected had limited power, unlike in the British monarchy, where the king had all the power. Colonial America was also very undemocratic because their elections were only open to the qualified people who, according to Document
