The evolved democracy in the American political system

Abstract

The United States of America did not arise like the rest of the nation-states. Rather, the roots of its formation go back to the flow of English and European immigration towards it, either because of political persecution, economic crises, or in search of wealth. This led to the formation of thirteen colonies belonging to the British crown.

      The relationship between these thirteen colonies and their homeland, Britain, began to become tense, due to the English domination of the colonies and the imposition of taxes. This was accompanied by the emergence of democratic and liberal ideas, the basis of which were democratic practices in some settlements, initiated by the Virginia settlement, which was autonomous in managing its affairs without deviating politically from English subordination to serve as a model for the rest of the settlements. Revolutionary movements were launched demanding independence from Britain until they were able to obtain it and form a confederation. Yet that union faced many economic and political problems, which made the founding fathers try to find a system of government that would establish the unity of the states and prevent their separation from the union.

The Founding Fathers are influenced by their motherland, Britain,   so, they tried to find a political system that was more like the English monarchy. They modernized it by combining the absolute monarchy with democracy to be an innovative system put by the framers of the United States Constitution that many countries adopted it.

 Keywords: American democracy, the political system in the United States of America, the American Constitution, the presidential system.