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How exactly did you tie the US constitution to democracy and then that to US hegemony influencing spread of democracy? Democracy as a concept has nothing to do

• justinator 4y ago
  The US was an early example of the idea of a democratically elected government, and just so happened to come about by fighting, then winning a war against not only a monarchy, but arguably the most powerful monarchy that has ever existed. Before that, democracy seemed perhaps a good idea, but you're going to have naysayers who want to see a proven example. Proven track records are why anyone listens to anybody when it comes to influence.
  • laurencerowe 4y ago
    By the time of the US war of independence, Parliament had been supreme in Britain for about a century, since the glorious revolution. Britain certainly wasn’t yet a democracy as the franchise was so limited, to the few percent who owned property or met various other criteria.
• anigbrowl 4y ago
  The answer to that question was in the first sentence, and you could easily look up articles that explore the idea in greater detail. Here is one: https://www.pbs.org/native-america/blogs/native-voices/how-the-iroquois-great-law-of-peace-shaped-us-democracy/ https://www.pbs.org/native-america/blogs/native-voices/how-t...