The correct answer is B) rivalries between classes.
The other options of the question were A) defeat in the Punic Wars. C) a refusal to build a navy. D) the invasion of Muslim armies.
What was a factor in Rome transition from a republic to an empire was "rivalries between classes."
In 509 BCE, the Roman Republic had been founded, installing a representative democracy after many years of Etruscan rule. It was after Julius Caesar's death, that his nephew Augustus became the first Roman Emperor, and the Republic became a thing of the past. Many things changed but the differences and rivalries between classes remained.
The Mississippi was used for transportation and their were ports along it before the LA purchase
You could start off with the news report about how Soviet and U.S almost started another war due to a missile crisis with Cuba or how soviet's government is different from ours. Basically compare and contract Soviet and U.S.
Hopefully this can get you a head start
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The protest against the British Taxation aka the Stamp Act
