It helped the colonists to see the benefits of capitalism and democracy. ... The people were not given the ability to have a free, capitalist economy and in the same were not given the ability to have a free, liberating democracy. ... The limited amount of free labor that existed were paid barely enough to live. ... Since race played a big role in citizenship, those that were not strictly of Spanish decent were not given citizenship. ... There was a stable amount of free labor that were paid well. ...

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