BC means before Christ while AD means after the birth of Christ, the one key difference between counting years in BC and AD is when you count time in BC the years decrease as you approach AD on the timeline.
The colonist boycotted British goods because they were taxed for many things unjustly and unreasonably. It was a statement to show that they are not loyal to the king. Just know this, the American Revolution was not about freedom. The revolution was about money. An economic to be technical.
The main way in which the English Bill of Rights influenced the Declaration of Independence is that it explicitly laid out certain liberties of the English people that the King was not allowed to infringe upon. This influenced the Founding Fathers since they felt that the king had infringed upon their natural rights.
A citizen of US has a much better chance in participation.
Explanation:
The democracy of Athens, as loosely as one can state it was heavily skewed for the elite class and they were the ones voting as well as deciding what would be done in their society.
This makes the government very restricted and ultimately in the hand of a few people.
Compare this to US, and virtually anyone who tries and has a certain amount of luck along with a penchant for administration has a chance to contest and win elections in US for some position.
All US citizen are entitled to vote and vote for multiple issues many times a year.