According to greco-roman views what was the best way to protect democracy?

-Citizens should participate in government by voting, debating in public, making laws, serving on juries, and holding office.

-The world has natural laws—patterns that can be discovered through reason and intellect, rather than superstition.

-Democracy can be protected by having branches of government: a legislative branch to make laws, an executive branch to approve laws, a judicial branch to resolve legal disputes.

-There should be written law.

Explanation:

president thomas jefferson hoped that the embargo act of 1807 would the united states by demonstrating to britain and france their dependence on american goods, convincing them to respect american neutrality and stop impressing american seamen. instead, the act had a devastating effect on american trade.