Today the United States of America is one of the most economically developed, politically stable and a socially mobile countries in the world. Back in the early 1600ÃÂs, when colonies were just established in America, people were busy settling their lives and developing new institutions in order to bring their lives to higher standards, such as giving opportunities for people to move up the social ladder, laying a foundation for democracy, and establishing the cash crop system and extensively trading with the rest of the world. To a great extent, the foundation for the United States, which ultimately made her so advanced, was provided by the social, political and economic institutions of colonial America.
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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - NARA - 515673One of the important benefits that the United States provides today is the social mobility which lets people build up their careers and improve their life status. Moving up the social ladder was an institution of the colonial Americans. They established and supported indentured servitude ÃÂ a system in which the servants who carried out the terms of their indentures received ÃÂfreedom duesÃÂ in return for their work. These compensations which could be land or sugar promoted these servants to become independent farmers. The principle of social mobility is surely a fundamental part of todayÃÂs United States, and its institution in colonial America certainly serves as a foundation for the US today.
The current political form of government in the United States is a democracy. The formation of democracy is also seen in the early years of colonial America. For example, the creation of a constitution in the colony of Connecticut ÃÂ a document that lists the rights and obligations of the government ÃÂ shows that unlike the system of Absolute Monarchy popular in Europe, the government had was limited in its power...