<span>Simon
de Montford's Parliament of 1265 in England called 2 elected
representatives from every county and borough - so surely this predates
anything in the colonies,as far as representative government is
concerned,by several centuries.
In Athens,all male citizens were entitled by law to attend,speak,and
vote at the Assembly from the early 6th century BC onwards.
Republican Rome had (at least in theory) a one man -one vote system for citizens from the late 6th century BC.
So,representative government was far from new when English colonists in the Americas began such systems. </span>
Answer:
I am sure it is the same as sanywhere, but in America you are free to exspress your feelings about how a certain law affects your civil rights.
Thomas Jefferson:
"If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so."
Answer:
The idea of self-government
Explanation:
(I think) modern absolute rulers are product of traditional governmental practices and/or a culture/government that sees it suitable to have such a system.