Democracy

The Great Awakening and immigration both impacted American democracy. Immigration, allowed for the mixing of many cultures in the New World. Though the colonies consisted of only 7% Irish, 6% German, and few others, the British colonies were the most diverse out of any area in the world. Here, the cultures clashed in such a way that both good and bad things resulted from this. Through culture clashes, democratic principles emerged. Democracy is defined as by the people for the people, and that's exactly how it was for the "Dutch" (Deutsch) in Pennsylvania. In Philadelphia, street signed were in both English and German. Also, the cultures were able to establish their own societies and choose their own leaders. Asides from that, this also brought Democracy backwards. The idea of the white man as the superior to the African resulted in the establishment of slavery. 92% of Africans were enslaved, 90% of those slaves living in the south.
The Great Awakening also greatly impacted democracy. Through the creation of new religious ideas, new principles and thoughts were able to be expressed. In this instance there was religious Democracy, because the already reformed Christian faith had been reformed again.