In the Old Testament there was merchants
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Romans even though they did use republic government they inspire terms such as the senate and had a generaly basic of it but because it was so big they couldn't use the form Greece did and as you can tell greece was the first civilization to invent and use democracy.
The general consensus amongst historians is that the balance between Federal and State powers was done to appease those who were afraid that too strong of a federal government would be no different than the monarchy that the colonists were overthrowing.
Improve of their economy, religion and glory. They wanted to improve their economy for instance by acquiring more spices
