Laws that limited who can vote were abundant. Voting qualifications generally required you to be a Christian male but, different colonies had different land ownership requirements. Some had to rent the land, others had to own large portions, this lead to a very complicated voting system with many variables. Also “The Lady’s Laws” gave all ownership of women's possessions to men, they were not allowed to vote and had their land given to a “man in the family” if her husband died. With a very slim portion of the population allowed to vote, democracy was not at its finest, people were not having their say in colonial affairs and this stymied the potential of the democratic governments’
Laws that limited who can vote were abundant. Voting qualifications generally required you to be a Christian male but, different colonies had different land ownership requirements. Some had to rent the land, others had to own large portions, this lead to a very complicated voting system with many variables. Also “The Lady’s Laws” gave all ownership of women's possessions to men, they were not allowed to vote and had their land given to a “man in the family” if her husband died. With a very slim portion of the population allowed to vote, democracy was not at its finest, people were not having their say in colonial affairs and this stymied the potential of the democratic governments’