how did Captain John Smith, Thomas jefferson, and Ben Franklin due with the democracy in colonial america?

Question

how did they contribute to the birth of democracy in colonial america?

Answer 1

Captain John Smith led the first permanent settlement in America at Jamestown, Virginia. He established the settlement to be long term with economic benefit other than raiding Spanish gold ships.

Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and our nation's third president.

Ben Franklin, signed the Declaration of Independence, and successfully brought France into the Revolutionary War as an ally of the new Republic.