Oh this is a tricky one because you could say that all of these have influenced western governments but the one that is by and large the greatest influence is 4, representive gov. the greeks had a democracy which insipred the romen republican system which inspired thinkers in the reinasance and now today. we got a lot to be thankful for to the greeks and romens
The correct answer is 4. by the development of representative government
Representative Democracy was born in Ancient Greece, more specifically in Ancient Athens around the 6th century BCE. The word Democracy comes from the Greek <em>demos</em> (people) and <em>kratos</em> (power), meaning "power of the people." It was based on a representative system by which the free citizens elected their representatives in government, although slaves and women were excluded from this kind of democracy. This political system inspired the Roman Republic and the political thought of many Greek and Roman philosophers, as well as many Western political thinkers of the modernity. Modern philosophers, like Locke, Rousseau, Voltaire, Montesquieu, among others took the Greek-Roman notions and experiences of democracy in order to establish the fundamentals of modern democracy.
Lutherism at first was banned and followers were persecuted, however, it soon became dominant in Northern Europe (Scandinavia) and played a role in European thought and unity through the actions of Martin Luther, a key theologician and reformer.
