There were many ways, for starters, they focused on education as much as possible and on the belief that the public good should always come before the personal good. This was the enlightenment period where people were taught to change their governments and vote and participate and things like that. They would all work together to help make the colonies a better place.
"The people" were originally White, Property-owning Males over 21. They were the only ones that could originally vote. The property owning portion will almost completely be gone by 1828 (this is what helped Andrew Jackson get elected). Non white men will begin being able to vote with the passing of the 15th Amendment after the Civil War. Women will earn suffrage (right to vote) in 1920 with the 19th Amendment. Lastly, we'll lower the voting age to 18 in 1971 with the 26th Amendment, due to the Vietnam War.
The chiefs name was <span>Chief Pontiac.</span>
