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Who was allowed to vote in colonial society

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Basically white man you are rich aka own property because poor people were thought of as illiterate
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Answer: White men that own property

Explanation: The colonies essentially followed the English way of voting rights. Colonists believed that only the white male had the mental capacity to vote for such important parts of a society.

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