The Success of the American Democratic Government

One of the main reasons for the American revolution was the end of British salutary neglect on the colonies. All of a sudden, England came in after the 7 years war and multiple native American conflicts and placed troops everywhere to supposedly protect the people. Also, they imposed taxes like the sugar act and famously the stamp act. These acts and invasion of privacy by the English parliament were not able to be contested, their monarchy allowed there to be no control or benefit towards the people. Instead of the government is for the people it seemed that the people were at the expense of the parliament. So what made the new American government so successful was the focal point of checks and balances along with universal suffrage.
In the Federalist’s essay 10 the quote “There are two methods of curing the mischiefs of faction: the one, by removing its causes; the other, by controlling its effects.” shows how the new American government was to be set up in a way that it was for the people and that it could not make unjust irrational or corrupt decision without government overview, as well as decisions by the people. This is again represented in the 51 essay when it talks about how you can prevent corruption, “and consequently should be so constituted that the members of each should have as little agency as possible in the appointment of the members of the others.” By giving the voting power to the people, there is the prevention of government corruption by bringing people to office who may be unfit or only there to help out a certain party and ruin bipartisanship. The new checks and balances as well as universal male suffrage allowed for the democratic government of the USA to be successful under a constitution that has been used as a model for governments throughout history.