England.
Between the two nations, there had been much conflict over this channel, England being the one to hold control of it before hand.
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Answer: broaded the role of ordinary citizens in government
set up the Council of 500, members were chosen by lot from among all citizens over the age of 30
made the assembly a genuine legislature
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William Wilberforce was an English politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to stop the slave trade.