Democracy in America

Abstract

Two hundred and eleven years after its independence, the democratic republic remains in the United States What made it possible for centuries later, going through international economic crises, two world wars, internal and external pressures, this nation will still walk towards latitudes of unpredictable - by enormous - development? Alexis de Tocqueville in the "Democracy in America" points out some of the elements he considers were the ones that made possible the flourishing of this town.
The settlers found on arrival in the new world: an empty continent. Indigenous tribes were not settled in specific territories and their population was small compared to the terrain they enjoyed. Conditions were met. The settler, lover of order, enlightened, deeply religious, rooted in his customs and above all accustomed to freedom, undoubtedly exerted a great influence on the fate of the new homeland. Customs, which constitute the only resilient and lasting power of a people, and religion, moralist, director of customs, and rector of human work, were formed a rigid, strict and unwavering system of laws.
They were long-time farmers before they were manufacturers and traders. The particular situation in which Providence placed them, in addition to good sense, genius, calculus and study, was shaping society and its social state, the first cause of most of the laws, customs and ideas that govern the conduct of this nation.