The first state constitutions tried to make the government accountable to the people through
A. annual elections and representation by district.
B. elections by secret ballot and representation of each social group.
C. restricting executive power and requiring a popular referendum for tax bills.
D. itemizing rights and prescribing virtual representation.
A. annual elections and representation by district.
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The significance of Octavian's willingness to abandon his power in 27 B.C. rests in
a. the magnitude of his military failure. b. his belief that it created legitimacy and removed his reign from the taint of despotism. c. his hope that the Senate would proclaim him a god. d. the fact that it never happened; his admirers later created this myth. e. his belief that the Senate would proclaim him as king.
Brazil was hit hard in the global market by a decrease in the demand for
a. cocoa. b. rubber. c. sugar. d. coffee. e. tropical woods.
The ______ system of prison design, known also as the congregate system, became the basis for most prisons to be constructed in the United States in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Discuss the similarities and differences between the British and American concepts of representative government. How did the differences in their concepts contribute to the coming of the American Revolution?
What will be an ideal response?