<span>Ancient principles still found in American government today can be seen in those of the representative democracy as first used by ancient Rome, as well as ideas of natural rights and separation of powers or checks and balances from John Locke and Montesquieu.</span>
<span>The option that best describes how Civilizations influenced the development of classical civilizations is D. urbanization began in earl river valley civilizations and expanded in classical civilizations. In the beginning, people gathered around rivers and other waters to create their towns and cities, because at the time, they didn't have the technology to use it otherwise if they weren't situated near a water. Over time, that changed, and civilizations grew to other places that weren't that connected with various waters.</span>
Before it recessed, the First Continental Congress agreed to: <em>meet again if grievances against England were not settled</em>