<span>Spain, the 1700's, presumably. This was a pretty tough answer to find, so I hope the one reference helps you out.</span>
Had heavy taxes? what do you mean "that they"?
"Formal Action" shall mean any vote or motion of a member of a standing committee, standing subcommittee, select committee or rules committee of the House of Representatives to report or not report, amend, consider or table a bill or resolution and the discussion and debate thereof.
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Greek democracy created at Athens was direct, rather than representative: any adult male citizen over the age of 20 could take part, and it was a duty to do so. The officials of the democracy were in part elected by the Assembly and in large part chosen by lottery in a process called sortition.
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