Democratic birth: USA

This assay want alone to appraise a historical truth that can deny every affirmation regard the presumable dictatorship of England in USA during the colonial period; the piece of a document in 1620, when the English landed in Virginia, and they founded Plymouth, where the lands were given to citizens, it is because more than an ideal consideration is a sake; this is that if nothing has worked the lands the economy both in Plymouth and other where, the USA be not born; anyway the text of  Filippo Mazzei(1730-1816), Enlightenment historical man that has told the history of USA, he said that stressed the possibility of vote: “The papers of council of Plymouth confirm the right of given the lands, but not govern it. In same years 1628, it obtained  other for this effect, the Company of owners could elect an governor, this was Mathieu Cradock, a vice governor Thomas Goffe…”, this step can seem absolutely petty, because today it is normal, today yes, but in 1628, it was the affirmation of democracy, certainly with limitation, as in ancient Greek, where the votes, ψηφοι, in ancient Greek, this were small stones or small ceramics white or black to approval or for negation; but although it can seems a democratic state, in Athens, where was the Areopagus, alone the males could vote and if they has made the military training; it is meaning that the possibility of vote was very short; in fact this habit is used also in birthing USA, because alone the riches owners could vote; but the step of history that we have read, certainly today unacceptable, because each citizen can vote, through the right that he has, but the selection of voting also today is present, because who hasn’t the right in other country can’t vote, today it is normal, but it is a limitation as those both Greek and English. But I want underline that the principle of democracy was already present in USA, from its birth. Hence the democracy in USA, differently of Europe, the vote was a reality; therefore the democracy was present; we must also consider that that country was very scantly peopled, thereupon the vote was very limited, because extension of vote was impossible, because evidently much citizens didn’t know it, and they would not understand the importance. The historic evolution of USA could be also on the democratic uses and thinks, because it was born so; and other consideration is that USA hasn’t a tradition, that some time can be also a weight, because can determine some choose in politic land, but the people would not approve, because it is contrary to his think and customs, and the customs are the documents of historic past; but in USA every community has brought his traditions, hence the unique tradition isn’t, for example the Italians in private spoke among them alone the dialect, their dialect, also because they didn’t known other language, hence alone that they could speak; but Italians have had their traditions, as the German, and other communities; thereupon it is a limited traditions to a number likewise limited; the Americans can underline that they have had and have a democratic tradition instead in others countries the democracy there wasn’t; they can stress that it is the better tradition, certainly today, but for future we can’t know, because we must consider that in USA it is the politic model but in other countries it isn’t, because they have others tradition. Whereby the USA could be alone democratic country, because its tradition is so out set.The birth of Rhode Island is meaningful of new wit o democracy, Mazzei tells: “These little colonies that today are under name of Rhode Island, were involved in one alone for a document of Charles 2th, in date 8 July 1661, with name of colonies of Rhode Island and Plantations of Providence”, until here nothing that can be interesting except the name and the birth of an State. The first assembly there was in New Port in 1th mars of 1663, and among the things was decided that the Christin, except the Catholic, sward the same advantages for the right of citizen”, it is alone a small note, but the important is that the convocation of assembly, that is a democratic organ to decision; we must also that the exception of Catholic is a protestant revenge that we can understand because the unity of Protestant was possible for their believe, that was opposite to Rome hence the Catholicism; but politically it is easy justifiable because the presence, may small of Catholic, have guaranteed a number very much superior after, therefore the sward of citizen was necessary for Catholic, because they were present, in Rhode Island, otherwise the document haven’t mentioned them; and further we must also consider that the Spanish, hence Catholic, colonies were in south of USA, and the religion war in Europe, between 1618 and 1648, was a reality, the war called War of thirteen years, that opposed the Catholic nations and the Protestant; hence was necessary that the contrasts in Europe, were in Europe alone.                

 Alessandro Lusana