Alexis de Tocqueville, a French political thinker and historian, was inspired by the Puritans. He admired their spirit of democracy, self-reliance, and moral values, and wrote about their influence on American society in his book "Democracy in America."
Democracy
The Greek and Roman civilizations were based on some of the same ideas of democracy as the new American nation.
It depend on which American democracy you are referring to
Greeks and Romans
The Declaration of Independence
The Disruption of American Democracy was created in 1948.
While the Phoenicians did not create the basis for Western democracy, they significantly contributed to the cultural and commercial foundations that influenced later democratic societies. Their development of the alphabet facilitated communication and trade, which helped spread ideas, including concepts of governance. Additionally, their city-states had aspects of self-governance that may have inspired subsequent civilizations, particularly the Greeks, who are often credited with the development of democracy.
American Islamic Forum for Democracy was created in 2003.
The American Revolution, French Revolution, and Latin American independence movements were influenced by the Enlightenment. Ideas of liberty, equality, and democracy spread by Enlightenment thinkers like John Locke and Voltaire inspired these revolutionary movements.
The first American Civilizations were based on farming and trade!
Members of the 3rd estate were inspired by the American Revolution. They began questioning long standing notions about the structure of society. They demanded equality, liberty, and democracy.