The USA Becoming Less Democratic Prior To The Revolution Was what is now the United States of America becoming more or less democratic just prior to the American revolution? Evidence found in a series of documents from Weathersfield, Connecticut during that time supports both sides of the argument, but the strongest case can be made to say that America was becoming less democratic in that period. A popular phrase in America now is "government by the people, for the people. How do these documents reflect that saying? A chart showing the white, free black, and slave populations of Weathersfield (Doc. A), shows us that the number of free blacks r