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title: "What features of colonial politics contributed to the development of popular democracy, and what kept political life from being more truly democratic?"  
description: "What features of colonial politics contributed to the development of popular democracy, and what kept political life from being more truly democratic?"  
author: "Gray  park"  
published: 2018-05-20  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42661/what-features-of-colonial-politics-contributed-to-the-development-of-popular-democracy-and-what-kept-political-life-from-being-more-truly-democratic  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What features of colonial politics contributed to the development of popular democracy, and what kept political life from being more truly democratic?

What [features](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13064/advanced-features-in-the-modern-wireless-keyboards) of colonial [politics](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/311027/what-is-bipartisanship-really) contributed to the [development](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/359/iphone-development-introduction) of popular [democracy](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40494/in-the-jacksonian-democracy-how-does-andrew-jackson-s-presidential-use-of-power-effect-our-country-today), and what kept political life from being more truly [democratic](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41893/how-were-thomas-jefferson-s-democratic-republican-beliefs-compromised-during-his-presidency)?


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