The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first democratically-elected legislative body in the Colonies
Economic progress occurred on a couple areas global participation, modernization of infrastructure, and a break through to modern industrialization that would not have occurred at the same pace.
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Ancient Greece developed the “Socratic method,” which is still in use today in academia. Ancient Greece used a direct democracy government, which influenced later Western governments.
Spain felt that Portugal would dominate the world's trading routes and resources and it motivated them to compete with them and invest into their own campaigns, such as the one of Columbus.
