The colonists who developed the us government borrowed many ideas from Athenian democracy and the roman republic, but there were some characteristics of those governments they chose not to use. What is one example, and why do you think the colonists did not borrow that idea?

One example could be many of the Athenian laws were to hard or not harsh enough and the new colonists wanted to make their own. The Colonists wanted to form their own land into a democratic government under their own rules.

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Many laws back then differ to the ones today hope this helps! :)

The United States has a complex government system. One important tenet of this system is democracy, in which the ultimate power rests with the people. In the case of the United States, that power is exercised indirectly, through elected representatives.  Although the U.S. has been a strong proponent of democracy, it did not invent democracy. The Greeks are often credited with pioneering a democratic government that went on to influence the structure of the United States. Read this article that describes how elements of ancient Greek democracy heavily influenced the figures that designed the United States government.

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