Questions on Anglo English conquest of Americas?

Question

What significance does Indigo have on english colonization of america?

What is a back country democracy and what significance does that have?

Answer 1

Indigo was a plant found in the Americas that was useful in textile dying.  British were all about textiles.

Back country democracy refers to the way that people on the "frontiers" don't have big brother central government looking over their shoulders, and thus are able to make their own decisions.  This gave the colonies a taste of autonomy, and when the British did start to interfere in colonial matters, it made the colonies somewhat resentful.