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. itemizing rights and prescribing virtual representation.
D. restricting executive power and requiring a popular referendum for tax bills.
Answer: A
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A. Minister Guizot's resignation B. Louis Philippe's abdication C. the poor harvests of 1846 and 1847 D. the government's ban on banquets
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A. Finland. B. Lithuania. C. Poland. D. Latvia. E. Romania.
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a. raiders who established a short-lived colony to exploit the gold resources of the area. b. Muslims who destroyed local monasteries to turn back Christian settlements. c. a pastoral people who were successful with livestock. d. farmers pushed out by the Dutch colonists in the seventeenth century.
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