Social life, economics, and politics had a considerably large effect on the early development of slavery and democracy in America. When the first colonists arrived to Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607, the Americas were being called the land of the free, a place to start over. As time went on slavery and democracy began to develop simultaneously, but eventually, slavery or democracy would have to be abolished for the other to continue. This is so because the definition of democracy is, all people of the country are equal, and exercise the right to elect representatives to run the government. Therefore, slavery and democracy could not coexist, because slavery took away the rights of the African Americas. However, slavery was critical to the Southern economy and therefore could not be abolished in the early stages of democracy. Between 1607 and 1776, the importance of slavery and democracy grew considerably.

Specifically, social life drastically...