Democracy in Wethersfield greatly affected the colonial world in terms of politics, land distribution, religion, and social status; Wethersfield, Connecticut was no exception. Wethersfield was becoming more democratic everyday in all aspects of life.
Property distribution was becoming more democratic in the fact that people owned more than others who had little or nothing. As evidence by document C, the rich owned more land than they did seventeen years earlier while the destitute and middle-class owned less, but taxes also rose for the rich as shown in document B. Land distribution was more democratic in the fact that the rich could monopolize the land, they would not have been able to do this without a democracy because land would have been equally divided or all belonged to the government as would the currency. Everyone would have been equal in wealth and property.
The political views of Wethersfield were democratic. They believe that the people should have a voice that they choose (document F). If the people can vote on who they want to represent them, their needs will be addressed and evaluated by their peers. The people also voted more in 1771-75 than they did in 1751-56 as noted in document G. They faced some of the we face today, not everyone who can vote does. Wethersfield, however, was on the right track with their political democracy.
Religious democracy became a big deal in the aspects of freedom of religion and separation of church and state. Document I shows that if you did not follow the proper religion, you were thrown in jail. Religious democracy did not change; in document K, you could still suffer the consequences for not going to church if you professed your religion. This has changed since then, in the Bill of Rights, it says that you can practice your own religion.
Democracy also took a turn to aspects of social life. As suggested in document L, if you did not want democracy, you were cut off from all means of socialization.
