I'm pretty sure it's the "Preoperational stage" ages 2 to 7.
The Preoperational stage is when the Child starts to think more symbolically and learning different words and pictures to represent objects. When they hit this stage they start to be egocentric .
The house of representatives that are voted by the citizens, who then can contact their representative about local issues
The Emancipation could be described as granting something, like freedom, to everyone/everything in the south.