Editing Democracy in America (section)

===Puritan founding===
Tocqueville begins his study of the U.S. by explaining the contribution of the [[Puritans]].  According to him, the Puritans established the U.S. democratic social state of equality. They arrived equals in education and were all middle class.  In addition, Tocqueville observes that they contributed a synthesis of religion and political liberty in America that was uncommon in Europe, particularly in France. He calls the Puritan Founding the "seed" of his entire work.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}