The government is based on partisanship because most of the executive appointments are based on party affiliation. Once the Democratic or Republican Party is in office, most appointments are made with an eye to party consideration. Political parties also provide platforms through which the executive and legislative branches are able to work together.
They protested by going on strike. They would leave the city for a while, refuse to work, or even refuse to fight in the army. Eventually, the plebeians gained a number of rights including the right to run for office and marry patricians.
Maps and Globes are the same. One is round and the other is flat but that the same time it tells you where everything is and both distort the features of the earth.
